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To: Carl R. who wrote (5995)6/17/1999 1:17:00 PM
From: MrGreenJeans  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 15132
 
Equity Levels

Excerpt from Greenspan's testimony taken from Bloomberg...any comments?:

''However, product price stability does not guarantee either
the maintenance of financial market stability or maximum
sustainable growth,'' Greenspan said.

The Fed chairman said the current ''benign'' economic
environment could be inducing investors to take on more risk and
''drive asset prices to unsustainable levels.''

While it's difficult for the Fed to say there's a bubble in
financial markets, ''a large number of analysts have judged the
level of equity prices to be excessive, even taking into account
the rise in 'fair value' resulting from the acceleration of
productivity and the associated long-term corporate earnings
outlook,'' he said.

Should interest rates rise, markets would likely fall, he
said