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    Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. (September 5, 1927 – December 8, 2019) was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987.

  2. Dec 8, 2019 · Paul A. Volcker. Chairman, Board of Governors, 1979–1987. President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1975–1979. Born: September 5, 1927. Died: December 8, 2019. Paul A. Volcker became chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on August 6, 1979.

  3. Dec 9, 2019 · Paul A. Volcker, who helped shape American economic policy for more than six decades, most notably by leading the Federal Reserve’s brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the late 1970s...

  4. Jul 13, 2022 · The crisis would end, and most economists give credit for ending it to Paul Volcker, the chair of the Federal Reserve. Volcker got inflation under control through the economic equivalent of...

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  5. Apr 14, 2024 · Paul Volcker was an American economist and banker who, as chairman of the board of governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (1979–87), played a key role in stabilizing the American economy during the 1980s. Volcker graduated from Princeton University in 1949 and received an M.A. from Harvard.

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  7. Dec 9, 2019 · Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve known for his battles against inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has died. He was 92.

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  8. Sep 22, 2022 · September 22, 20224:38 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. By. David Kestenbaum. 5-Minute Listen. Playlist. Decades back, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker had a radical idea to...

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