Alan Greenspan dies at 100, the long-serving Fed chairman
Alan Greenspan, the legendary Fed chairman, died on 22 June 2026 at the age of 100. His legacy lies between irrational exuberance and the crises.
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Alan Greenspan dies at 100, the former Fed chairman
Alan Greenspan, who led the US Federal Reserve for 18 years, died on 22 June 2026 at the age of 100. The news, which first circulated in Valencian media, was confirmed by those close to him.
Greenspan, known as the "maestro" of monetary policy, headed the Fed from 1987 to 2006, a period of major economic transformation. His cryptic style and enigmatic phrases — such as the famous "irrational exuberance" — defined an era.
With his death, an exceptional witness to the economic history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is gone. But his legacy remains divisive, between those who credit him with the stability of the 1990s and those who hold him partly responsible for the later crises.
Alan Greenspan, who led the US Federal Reserve for 18 years, died on 22 June 2026 at the age of 100. The news, which first circulated in Valencian media, was confirmed by those close to him.
Greenspan, known as the "maestro" of monetary policy, headed the Fed from 1987 to 2006, a period of major economic transformation. His cryptic style and enigmatic phrases — such as the famous "irrational exuberance" — defined an era.
With his death, an exceptional witness to the economic history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is gone. But his legacy remains divisive, between those who credit him with the stability of the 1990s and those who hold him partly responsible for the later crises.
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