Greenspan warns on Social Security and Medicare for boomers
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Congress must trim Social Security and Medicare benefits for the baby boom generation or face abrupt painful adjustments. Speaking at a Kansas City Fed conference, he urged recalibrating public programs to ensure promised benefits can be delivered as baby boomers begin retiring. He proposed raising the retirement age and trimming cost-of-living adjustments, noting entitlement programs loom as major economic challenges.
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High energy prices slow the U S economy in Q2
The Commerce Department reports GDP rose 2.8 percent at an annual rate for April to June, below the 3 percent prior estimate and far under the 4.5 percent growth in Q1 2004. Fed policymakers expect a pickup in the coming months as President Bush faces an election. Economist Richard Yamarone notes the economy is no longer sprinting but not out of wind.
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