News Summary

• Former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has died aged 100, his wife has said.
• NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell said her husband had died from complications of Parkinson's Disease.
• As chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987-2006, he presided over the longest sustained period of US economic growth in a generation.
• Described as the "God in the machine" of American finance, Greenspan declined all requests for interviews during his time at the Fed.
• The Fed said Greenspan's policies and economic thinking "left a lasting mark on this institution, on the broader field of economics, and on the country"