Greenspan put - AshokBhat/investing GitHub Wiki

About

  • Implied promise that central bankers led by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan would bail out market participants who indulged in risky behavior.

History

  • Shortly after the market crash of 1987, the Federal Reserve cut rates, changing course in the middle of a tightening cycle
  • The action has famously become known as the “Greenspan put”

See also