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Paul A. Volcker - The Region - Publications & Papers | The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Paul A. Volcker - The Region - Publications & Papers | The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Paul A. Volcker and Gary H. Stern Photography by Peter Tenzer For four decades, when the world has faced financial crisis, ethical quandary or managerial impasse, it has turned to Paul Volcker. He s best known, of course, as the Fed chair who in that clich d but vivid phrase broke the back of ...
Volcker Says ‘Long Way to Go’ for Full U.S. Recovery (Update1)
bloomberg.com — By Peter J. Brennan, Christine Harper and Scott Lanman Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Volcker , the... former Federal Reserve chairman who’s an economic adviser to President Barack Obama , said there’s a “long way to go” before the economy returns to ... (more) Volcker Says ‘Long Way to Go’ for Full U.S. Recovery ...
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"The Triumph of Central Banking?"
Economist's View — ... Paul Volcker discusses the usefulness of macroeconomic policy: Paul A. Volcker In Conversation with Gary H. Stern, Minneapolis Fed (pdf): ...Economic knowledge and central banking Stern: You’ve obviously been involved for a long time directly with the Federal Reserve, at senior levels, from the mid ’70s and even earlier than that in the Treasury as well. In your view, has macro policy or monetary policy changed significantly over those many years? Or are we still pretty much at the state ...

The Volcker Purgative
Musings of a Trader — ... One would expect Paul Volcker, hawk among hawks, to say something like this (in a recent interview): I think this period we’re going through is kind of a curative process; it’s ...

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