Greenspan to Have Prostate Surgery Tues.

by Brian S

Mon, Apr 21, 2003 9:08PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will have surgery for an enlarged prostate on Tuesday but plans to be back at work later in the week, the Fed said on Monday. Greenspan has tested negative for prostate cancer, a Fed spokeswoman said. The Fed chairman will not be under general anesthesia for the procedure, she added.

The Fed chairman, 77, had a similar procedure in June 1994, the Fed said, adding that the procedure will not interfere with the May 6 meeting of the central bank's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee.

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