Last mentioned: Jun 22, 2026
Greenspan dies at age 100
Passes away at home in Washington, D.C., from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Global financial crisis intensifies
Lehman Brothers collapses, triggering the worst recession since the Great Depression; Greenspan's easy-money policies come under fire.
Retires from the Fed
Steps down after nearly two decades leading the central bank, handing over to Ben Bernanke.
Irrational Exuberance speech
At the American Enterprise Institute, Greenspan asks whether asset prices are overvalued, causing a brief global market selloff.
Greenspan sworn in as Fed Chairman
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, begins his 18½-year tenure.
Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan has died at 100. His 18½-year tenure, marked by the 1996 'irrational exuberance' warning and the 2008 financial crisis, leaves a complex legacy that still influences monetary policy and market psychology.
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