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Alan Greenspan dies at 100

Fed chair presided over lengthy period of growth, but his legacy came under fire following GFC

Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan

Alan Greenspan, the chair of the US Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, has died at the age of 100.

His wife of 29 years, US television broadcaster Andrea Mitchell, announced today (June 22) that he had passed away following complications from Parkinson’s disease.

As Fed chair, Greenspan presided over one of the longest sustained periods of growth in US history during the 1990s – a record that led to him being regarded by many at the time as an indispensable pillar of the global economy. The US

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