Alan Greenspan, Who Led Fed During Boom Before 2008 Bust, Dies at 100

June 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM UTCUpdated on June 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTCAlan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman proclaimed a wizard for guiding a then-record US economic expansion, only to see his luster dimmed by the financial crisis that erupted less than two years after he stepped down, has died. He was 100.He died on Monday at his home in Washington, according to a statement by his wife, Andrea Mitchell, chief Washington correspondent for NBC News. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.