Whaddya recon this is all about then?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4669778.stm
Greenspan signs up to UK Treasury
Former US central bank chief Alan Greenspan has agreed to become an honorary adviser to the UK Treasury. The announcement by Chancellor Gordon Brown comes less than seven hours after Mr Greenspan's near 19-year tenure as Federal Reserve chairman ended.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4669778.stm