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If what I said sounds clear to you, you must have misunderstood me. Alan Greenspan
There is a saying in American financial circles: Greenspan coughs and it rains. Therefore, his words and deeds are particularly striking. Investors on Wall Street made great efforts to study every speech he made, trying to capture even a trace from his words, but the result was always in vain. Greenspan's words are too obscure, too tortuous and too ambiguous. He himself admitted: "I spent a lot of time trying to avoid this question because I was worried that I was too straightforward. Finally, I learned the' Federal Reserve Language' and learned to be vague. " In fact, the "Fed Language" was not originated by Greenspan. It has already appeared in the mouths of former chairmen Macchesney Martin and Paul Volcker, but Greenspan "carried it forward". Robert solow, the Nobel laureate in economics, once commented on these "cunning" chairmen: They are like squid, spewing out a cloud of ink and then running away, leaving listeners scratching their heads.

What makes people laugh and cry is that he actually used this ambiguous language in his love affair and almost ruined his happy marriage in his later years. /kloc-for 0/2 years, Greenspan has been dating Andrea Mitchell, a senior female reporter of NBC, and has been interested in her for a long time. However, his vague and suggestive language shocked the company commander's female reporter. He proposed marriage twice, but the other party didn't respond. It was not until 1996 confessed for the third time on Christmas Eve that the female reporter understood his true meaning and took the red rose in his hand. On April 6th of the following year, Greenspan, who was 7 1 year old, finally ended his "wronged" single life and became the groom again. Gradually, the bride fell in love with Greenspan's obscurity. She said, "I thought I knew him like the back of my hand, but in fact I'll never guess his mind." This feeling is great! " This can't help but remind people of Greenspan's famous saying: "If you think you have thoroughly studied me personally, then I can tell you that you must have misunderstood me."

Since we can't understand Greenspan's speech, we can only find another way. Soon, savvy investors discovered a "secret": Greenspan's briefcase-if it is flat, it just means it is safe; If it bulges, it will be a big article, which means that Greenspan "has something to say". Therefore, whenever the Federal Reserve holds a meeting, the TV station of American Consumer News and Business Channel, which is convinced of this, will send two film crews to watch the door. One camera is used to photograph Greenspan's remarks and actions, and the other is specially used to photograph his briefcase.