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Sep 16, 2024 · During their recent episode, Taylor, Carlisle, Daniel, and Collins discussed: A Real-Life Paul Volcker Story and Its Impact on Banking. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Tobias: What do you want, JT?
2 days ago · This culminated in Fed Chairman Paul Volcker reining in the money supply, which drove interest rates even higher. The result was necessary though painful double-dip recession before inflation persisted at a lower rate and the economy expanded during what’s been called the “Great Moderation.”
Sep 22, 2024 · The Fed’s independence has been hard-won and recent: It really begins with former Fed Chair Paul Volcker doing what was needed to bring inflation under control in the 1980s.
Sep 19, 2024 · 1970s: Toward the late 1970s, the Fed began to argue for tighter monetary policy to curb inflation under Paul Volcker, one of the most important chairs to lead the Fed. This led to significant...
2 days ago · First, Carter inherited high inflation from a US Federal Reserve that had been politicised by Richard Nixon. Far from adding fuel to the fire, Carter appointed the arch-inflation hawk Paul Volcker ...
4 days ago · However, I hope that, independently, he will conclude that my views are the ones that should be followed”—and his Fed chairman, Arthur Burns, obliged, contributing to a sustained inflation that did not come to an end until it was tackled by Fed Chairman Paul Volcker in the early 1980s—facing some criticism from Ronald Reagan in the process.
5 days ago · In 1978, Volcker completed his rise from the Fed’s bowels, becoming the central bank’s chairman.” (Listen to our episode about Paul Volcker’s storied tenure as Fed chairman here).
