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<text id=89TT2211>
<title>
Aug. 28, 1989: Business Notes:Interest Rates
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Aug. 28, 1989 World War II:50th Anniversary
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 57
Business Notes
INTEREST RATES
The Sniping May Backfire
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<p> While Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is a loyal
Republican, he has taken pains to avoid any appearance of
partisanship. And for its part, the Bush Administration has
refrained from publicly admonishing Greenspan over monetary
policy. But that restraint evaporated last week when Budget
Director Richard Darman, appearing on NBC's Meet the Press,
accused the Federal Reserve Board of keeping interest rates too
high because of an exaggerated concern about inflation. "If we
do have a recession, I think it will be because they erred on
the side of caution," said Darman.
</p>
<p> Rather than disavow the Budget Director's comments, Bush
told a news conference on Tuesday that "I can feel very
comfortable with his sallying forth and saying that." While
Darman's critique was not directed at Greenspan personally,
former Federal Reserve Governor Lyle Gramley thinks the ploy may
backfire. Said he: "The Fed cannot be seen as knuckling under
to pressure from the Administration."
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</body></article>
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