Volcker
Americannoun
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When then-Fed Chair Paul Volcker had to sharply raise rates in the 1980s to get inflation under control, it triggered a severe recession.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
In August 2022 at the Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming, Powell delivered an eight-minute speech invoking Paul Volcker and warned that driving inflation down could bring “pain.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The problem was finally resolved after Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker threw the country into a brutal recession by raising interest rates to over 20% by mid-1981, causing nearly 11% unemployment.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
The 1982 rally came after what he calls a secular peak in inflation and a secular peak in interest rates under Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
This small group was occasionally joined by Secretary of State George Shultz and on some rare occasions by Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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