Initial estimate was 2.6; revised down to 2.2
* Economic growth dipped from 5% in Q3 to 2.18% in Q4
* PMI was expecting 58.7 but plunged to 45.8, indicating contraction
* Alan Greenspan commented that the U.S. economy is weak
* Greenspan cites declining U.S. productivity
* Points to declining gross domestic savings brought on by entitlement programs
* Greenspan refuses to blame Fed policy for productivity and savings declines
* He predicts continued low interests rates to create the illusion of wealth
* In 1966, Alan Greenspan blamed the Fed and their cheap money policies for stock market bubble and economic imbalances
* Today, he still believes this to be true, but no longer cares about the consequences of reckless economic policy
* The Fed's job now is to just do whatever it takes to postpone the pain
* Inflating bubbles with the certain knowledge that the outcome will be bad, while pretending that they will eventually raise rates

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* Government released revised estimate for Q4 GDP
* Initial estimate was 2.6; revised down to 2.2
* Economic growth dipped from 5% in Q3 to 2.18% in Q4
* PMI was expecting 58.7 but plunged to 45.8, indicating contraction
* Alan Greenspan commented that the U.S. economy is weak
* Greenspan cites declining U.S. productivity
* Points to declining gross domestic savings brought on by entitlement programs
* Greenspan refuses to blame Fed policy for productivity and savings declines
* He predicts continued low interests rates to create the illusion of wealth
* In 1966, Alan Greenspan blamed the Fed and their cheap money policies for stock market bubble and economic imbalances
* Today, he still believes this to be true, but no longer cares about the consequences of reckless economic policy
* The Fed's job now is to jus