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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. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, [3] with ...

  2. Dec 8, 2019 · Paul A. Volcker was the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1979 to 1987. He reduced inflation, supported the International Monetary Fund, and expanded the money supply. He also served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a visiting fellow at Princeton, and a member of various public policy organizations.

  3. Dec 9, 2019 · Published Dec. 9, 2019 Updated Dec. 13, 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 ...

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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.

  6. Jul 13, 2022 · The Fed chair engineered two massive recessions to slash spending and force inflation down, from 1979 to 1982. Learn how he did it, what it cost, and why inflation is soaring again in 2022.

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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.

  8. Dec 9, 2019 · Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the closest thing to a rock star economist this country has seen, died Monday at 92, NPR has confirmed. He reportedly had...

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