Paul Volcker

Paul Adolph Volcker, Jr. (September 5, 1927 – December 8, 2019) was an American economist. He was Chair of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan from August 1979 to August 1987. 

He was widely credited with ending 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 Barack Obama from February 2009 until January 2011."Obama Names Volcker to Head New Economic Panel" , Accessed November 26, 2008.

In 2018, Volcker was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died on December 8, 2019 in New York City, aged 92.

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