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April 11, 2008

Deflation: What Greenspan said in closed meetings

The Federal Reserve releases transcripts of meetings of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee meetings five years after they take place. The 2002 tapes came out this morning. Here is AP's story.

Greenspan expressed concerns about the country falling into a "deflationary hole."

"It's a pretty scary prospect and one that we certainly want to avoid," Greenspan told other members of the Federal Open Market Committee.

The transcripts in their entirety can be read here.

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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.
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