Former US Fed Chair Alan Greenspan Dies At 100

Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the United States Federal Reserve who guided American monetary policy for nearly two decades under four presidents, has died at the age of 100.
He passed away on Monday at his home in Washington, D.C., from complications of Parkinson’s disease, according to a statement by his wife, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.
The Federal Reserve confirmed his death in a separate statement, describing him as a towering figure whose ideas helped shape modern central banking and economic policymaking.
Greenspan served as chairman of the Federal Reserve from August 1987 to January 2006, one of the longest tenures in the institution’s history.
He was a...