Paul Volcker, the legendary Federal Reserve Chairman who tamed rampant inflation in the 1970s, died one week ago at age 92. He was an intellectual giant, and I had a front-row seat to understanding ...

WASHINGTON — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker has died at age 92. Volcker headed the central bank from 1979 to 1987. When he took over, the economy was suffering from runaway inflation.

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who in the early 1980s raised interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digit inflation, has died, ...

Paul Volcker, one of the most recognizable and consequential figures in American economics, died Sunday at 92. Over several decades the central banker effectively remade the American economy. As a ...

Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the closest thing to a rock star economist this country has seen, died Monday at 92, NPR has confirmed. He reportedly had ...

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who died on Sunday, won few friends in the real estate industry early in his tenure at the central bank. Taking office in 1979 and faced with the ...

Before the 1970s currency markets were near non-existent. There was really no reason for them as currencies were concepts, or measures of value. The dollar was defined as 1/35 th of a gold ounce, and ...

The Chinese government forbids foreign ownership of a broad range of Chinese businesses, including those that run websites. Despite this, despite endless rules meant to repel foreign capital migrating ...

At Barack Obama’s news conference this morning, he declared: “At this defining moment for our nation, the old ways of thinking and acting just won’t do. We are called to seek fresh thinking and bold ...

Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digit inflation, has died, ...

Vague comments about possible future rate cuts were all that central bankers gave the markets. Patience will be difficult at this tricky moment, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer The state of the ...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker discusses problems in the accounting industry and his recommendation that Arthur Andersen be split up. There were more reports today that the accounting ...