Fed chair warns budget deficits could imperil economy's future

Thursday, February 12, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Wednesday that mushrooming federal budget deficits eventually could threaten the national economy, which he said had shown "impressive gains."

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