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Greenspan ducks commenting on Fed rate cut

WASHINGTON
Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:14pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Tuesday declined to comment on the Fed's half percentage point cut in interest rates to 4.75 percent.

"I have chosen not to speak about monetary policy," he said during an interview on Fox News television. "Let's just let them do what they think is right," he urged.



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