While America ‘believes’ it is highly productive, former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan instantly dispels that myth in another ominous appearance on CNBC this morning, “American productivity has gone nowhere in the last few years,” and that is what is holding back wage growth. Furthermore, reiterating his concerns about the inverse relationship between surging entitlements and weak savings rates, Greenspan noted, “the annual rate of increase in entitlements of 9% per year…and the people that receive it believe they are getting their money back and have a right to it.” There simply is no long-term investment as businesses favor short-term actions as the Maestro explains Fed QE lowering the real rate of interest “has been responsible for the rise in P/E multiples… and when rates normalize, that will reverse,” adding that “we can’t argue that we are extremely overvalued in the marketplace.”

Greenspan explains… Productivity… Savings… Entitlements… Euro Failure… QE…Fed bubble-blowing… stock overvaluation and 1929 looms…

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