Really? There is a balance of payments deficit?
I don't think that Greenspan said that. I think the reporter went to the same school as the guy would insists on counting the "triple deficits".
Apparently, everybody heard the same thing (except you...as usual):
GLOBAL MARKETS-Greenspan rattles dollar, but Asia shares up
"I expect that the dollar will continue to drift downwards until there will be a change in the U.S. balance of payments," he said...
http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=81f697c6-7a8d-4eb8-be3d-96764de5739f