The Greenspan put was a monetary policy that Alan Greenspan, during his tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve, exercised in response to financial crises. It was used for the first time with the crash
Alan Greenspan in 2005
In November 2020, CNBC host Jim Cramer said the market created by the Fed in late 2020 was "the most speculative" he had ever seen.
Ben Shalom Bernanke is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. After leaving the Federal Reserve, he was appointed a distinguished fellow at the
Official portrait, 2008
Bernanke meeting with United States President Barack Obama.
Bernanke (left) in September 2008 as President Bush speaks about the economy
Bernanke answers questions in 2013 at FOMC press conference