Alan Greenspan, who led the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006 — one of the longest tenures in the institution's history — has died at the age of 100. His chairmanship spanned the Black Monday crash, the dot-com boom and bust, and the early 2000s rate cuts that many economists later linked to the housing bubble. No current Fed policy, staffing, or mandate is affected by his passing.
Greenspan's death carries no direct impact on current monetary policy, Fed personnel, or market structure. For investors, this is a moment of historical reflection rather than a portfolio signal — markets are priced on today's Fed, not the legacy of a chairman who left office nearly two decades ago.
Next FOMC rate decision: July 29-30. Next CPI inflation report: ~July 15.
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