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William Watson: Central bankers should read Paul Volcker on taking down inflation
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoI’ve been reading Paul Volcker’s 2018 memoir, Keeping at It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good...
The spirit of Paul Volcker lives on at Jackson Hole: Morning Brief
Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPowell did not approach the podium at the Jackson Lake Lodge alone on Friday — the Fed chair brought...
Why the 1980s recession haunts the Fed
The Hill via AOL· 1 year agoThe ghost of the early 1980s recession is haunting the Federal Reserve. With inflation still near 40-year highs and the U.S. economy slowing, the Fed’s...
Forget inflation, Jefferies says to watch out for a ‘disinflation era’ like the early 1980s
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoWhen former Fed Chair Paul Volcker hiked interest rates to quash inflation in the early 80s, a...
The Fed Is Upside-Down on Inflation and That's a Big Risk
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe last time the U.S. suffered a nasty bout of inflation, in the 1980s, the economic emergency was...
Jerome Powell is vague on rate cuts because he’s ‘petrified’ of repeating the mistakes of one...
Fortune via AOL· 4 months agoFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has avoided announcing interest rate cuts in recent months...
Three reasons for the jobs market's resilience as interest rates stay high
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Last year's spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful...
Treasury yields saw their most extreme inversion since 1981, back when unemployment soared even...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPaul Volcker, former Fed Chair 1979 to 1987.Bettmann / Getty Images The 10-year US Treasury yield...
Opinion: Why the Fed, and Jerome Powell, should hit the pause button on rate hikes
Yahoo Finance· 1 year ago“Hasten slowly and ye shall arrive” said the ancient Tibetan poet, Milarepa. The Federal Reserve...
A look back at the runaway inflation of the 1970s
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years ago1970s inflation. Illustrated | Getty Images The cost of borrowing money is probably about to go up again. The Federal Reserve is expected to raise...