Vielleicht etwas “fies”, alte Zitate auszugraben und zu überprüfen, was daraus geworden ist. In der aktuellen Finanzkrise macht es aber durchaus Sinn, die “Cheerleaders” von echten Markkennern zu unterscheiden. Diese spannenden Zitate habe ich in Richard Russel’s Remarks gefunden (wobei er Mark Faber als eigentliche Quelle angibt):
Alan Greenspan, Oktober 2006
“Most of the negatives in housing are probably behind us. It’s taking less out of the economy.”
Alan Greenspan, März 2007
“We certainly haven’t seen the worst in housing.”
Frederic Mishkin, Federal Reserve Governor, Januar 2007
“To begin with, the bursting of asset price bubbles often does not lead to financial instability… There are even stronger reasons to believe that a bursting bubble in house prices is unlikely to produce financial instability… Declines in home prices are far less likely to cause losses to financial institutions…”
Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, 31. Juli 2007
“I take comfort from the nderlying economic strengh … Listen, I’ve been watching markets for a long time. It’s my job to be vigilant, so I’m watching these markets carefully.”
Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, 1. August 2007
“Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday the re-pricing of credit risk was hitting financial markets, but subprime mortgage fallout remained largely contained due to the strongest global economy in decades.”
Dies war die Zeit, als man in Europa und Asien daran glaubte, der Rest der Weltwirtschaft könne sich von den Entwicklungen in den USA abkoppeln. Siehe dazu auch den Blogpost zu Decoupling.
Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, 14. Februar 2008
“In terms of sub-prime and the resets, the worst isn’t over; the worst ist just beginning. We all know that.”
Richard Fisher, President of the Dallas Federal Reserve, 4. Oktober 2005
“The housing market continues to be strong across the state … A break in the rise of national home prices – should one occur – poses little downside risk in Texas.”
Abgelegt unter: Wirtschaft Mit Tag(s) versehen: | Greenspan
