Jimmy Carter's work on the Federal Reserve, deregulation and energy consumption : The Indicator from Planet Money On this edition of Indicators of the Week, we discuss the economic legacy of ...

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, inflation neared 6% in 1976 before Carter’s presidency began. Carter then presided over 6.5%, 7.5%, 11.3% and 13.5% inflation in successive years.

Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 general election by a landslide to Ronald Reagan, ... Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns accommodated Nixon’s desire for easy money in the early 1970s, ...

Unfortunately, the last 18 months of Carter’s presidency witnessed punishing inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker’s sky-high interest rates to stop spiraling prices and increasing ...

Jimmy Carter is often hailed as one of the greatest ... being almost synonymous with “inflation,” Carter ironically appointed inflation hawk Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve, ...

Jimmy Carter revivalists argue that his legislative accomplishments reveal a prolific presidency, ... Paul Volcker served as Carter’s Federal Reserve chair.

Paul Volcker, American economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, attends a congress on the raising of salaries for ...

For Eizenstat, the appointment of Paul Volcker to lead the Federal Reserve best embodied Carter's prioritization of the good of ordinary people over political gain.

Jimmy Carter, America’s oldest ex-president, has died at 100. ... Carter’s selection of Paul Volcker at the Federal Reserve and his deregulatory initiatives would help contribute to the Reagan boom.