How Alan Greenspan moved markets with just one phrase

The five-term Federal Reserve leader helped steer the U.S. economy through crises and long expansion, but his legacy was later complicated by the 2008 financial crash.

[Photo: The Federal Reserve]

Alan Greenspan, who led the Federal Reserve for more than 18 years and whose comments could sway investors like few others, has died.

Greenspan died Monday at age 100 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. The news came in a statement from his wife, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

“Alan passed away at our home this........

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