Greenspan leitete die amerikanische Notenbank von 1987 bis 2006 und prägte die US-Geldpolitik fast zwei Jahrzehnte lang.

The influential economist died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

Alan Greenspan presided over the Federal Reserve for 19 years under four presidents and mastered the art of obfuscation known as Fedspeak.