The Greenspan Put (originating in 1987 when the Fed explicitly cut rates after the stock market crash) created an asymmetric policy signal: on upside, policymakers claim they cannot predict bubbles so do nothing; on downside, they immediately intervene to support markets.
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Ruchir SharmaEvidence Quote
“in 1987 for the first time when the stock market crashed the Central Bank explicitly cut interest rates and intervened to prop up the stock market and that created this feeling of a green span put”
Created: 8/11/2026, 8:01:53 AM
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