Paul Volcker
(1927-2019)
American economist
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Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. (September 5, 1927 – December 8, 2019) was an American economist. He served two terms as the 12th Chair of the Federal Reserve under U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan from August 1979 to August 1987. He is widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. He was the chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama from February 2009 until January 2011.
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5 September 1927 Cape May, New Jersey
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| Died |
8 December 2019 (aged 92) New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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