Alan Greenspan's Tenure as Fed Chair

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan steps down after more than 18 years of adjusting the nation's interest rates leaving behind a strong economic expansion, tame inflation and low unemployment. (AP File Photo)

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The Charm of the Chairman

THE AGE OF TURBULENCE Adventures in a New World By Alan Greenspan

Greenspan: Ouster Of Hussein Crucial For Oil Security

Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in an interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been "essential" to secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Greenspan Is Critical Of Bush in Memoir

Alan Greenspan, who served as Federal Reserve chairman for 18 years and was the leading Republican economist for the past three decades, levels unusually harsh criticism at President Bush and the Republican Party in his new book, arguing that Bush abandoned the central conservative principle of f...

High Interest in Alan Greenspan Memoir Rates Huge Advance

Alan Greenspan has a book deal, and it has put him once again in rarefied financial company.

Sir Alan, Britain's Newest Economic Adviser

As Alan Greenspan opened his new consulting firm, the British government's top economic official announced that he had retained the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman as an unpaid adviser on economic issues.

From The Post Archive

On Aug. 11, 1987 Alan Greenspan was sworn in as chairman of the Federal Reserve, succeeding Paul Volcker.

• Photo Gallery: Greenspan's Career
Working with campaigns and in the administration of six U.S. presidents, he helped candidates, presidents and lawmakers devise and sell policies on countless social and economic issues .

• Timelines: Greenspan The Politician | In His Own Words

• Graphic: A Legacy of Debt

• Stories: Vows to Be Independent | Confirmed as Fed Chief | Robert J. Samuelson Column | Post Editorial