Greenspan has been allowed the luxury of a lighter touch during most of his 14-year tenure, and it is he happy coinc idence of low inflation with sustained economic growth during the past decade th at has lent him his Olympian aura.

• 在格林斯潘14年的任期里，他大多数时间只需要采取较温和的方式就达到了这个目的，而且，由于在过去的10年里伴随低通货膨胀的是长期的经济增长，因此才使他被戴上了一圈奥林匹亚神的光环。