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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In the world’s wealthiest country, home to more obese people than anywhere else on earth, one in six Americans struggled to feed themselves and their children in 2008. Millions went hungry, at least some of the time. Things are bound to get worse. Commentary
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