“I don’t think you can escape that.” These were the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as he testified before Congress in October 1979. Inflation was 13%. Volcker’s ...

Appointing Paul Volcker was the top accomplishment of the Carter presidency, and the benefit of a more vigilant Fed continues ...

For Macquarie, the lessons of the Carter era are said to provide a roadmap for modern policymakers, emphasizing the need for ...

His nomination of Paul Volcker as chair of the Federal Reserve is credited for a long-term decrease in inflation. Get Wall Street's Hottest Chart Every Morning President Jimmy Carter, who died at ...

President Jimmy Carter appointed Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979 specifically to address the soaring inflation rates of the late 1970s. This action contributed to ...

The tributes to President Jimmy Carter give him maximum credit for appointing Paul Volcker chair of the Federal Reserve, in August 1979. The horrendous stagflation of the period—three straight ...

As may now be apparent, I disagree with my colleague Michael Sean Winters who wrote that James Earl Carter Jr. was a failed ...

This potent brew was crafted by a special working group that included Secretary of the Treasury John Connally, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs Paul Volcker and others.

I WAS blessed with two legendary mentors in nation-building. One was the late Paul Volcker, who I met in the early part of 2007 upon the recommendation of the Harvard Kennedy School; the other was the ...