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 was imperfect in office, ... just as he was running for a second term, the Federal Reserve decided it was time to crush inflation – with punitively high interest rates that sank the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will be held in ... Most of the federal government will be closed on Jan. 9 in ... National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserve ...

Jimmy Carter’s presidency is ripe for a major reappraisal. ... But the man who did that was Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker — appointed by Carter in 1979.

Jimmy Carter left office in 1981 one of the least popular U.S. presidents ever. He died Sunday, at the age of 100, according to his son, James E. Carter III, as one of the most popular ex ...