Alan Greenspan obituary: Architect of the modern American economy dies aged 100
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As chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan became the world's most high-profile banker.

Former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has died aged 100, his wife has said.

NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell said in a statement reported by her employer that her husband had died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

Mitchell’s statement said Greenspan was “a giant of a man who helped shape the US economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes”.