Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, shown in 2008, died Sunday at 92. (Tim Chong/Reuters) There are many reasons to admire Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chair who died Sunday.

“Paul Volcker was the greatest American hero that I’ve known,” Dalio said, remembering his friend of two decades. “He has shown unwavering character and capability for the service of our ...

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, 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 ...

Writing about Paul Volcker’s time as Federal Reserve Chairman, Rickards wrote that Volcker “applied a tourniquet [on inflation] and twisted it hard. He raised the federal funds rate to 20% in ...

In 2008, in the wake of the financial crisis, the now 86-year-old Paul Volcker, who served as Fed chairman in the 1970s and 1980s, proposed a ban on big banks making risky bets for their own benefit.

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who grew up in Teaneck, loomed larger than life — not only in height, but in the world of economics. Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in ...

Given Volcker’s historical ties to Reagan, some Republicans logically took offense to his seeming apostasy. Their dismay is misplaced. Volcker was never on board with the Reagan economic plan in ...

Paul Volcker, the metaphorical and literal giant (he stood 6’7” tall) of central banking who as chair of the Federal Reserve ended America’s period of high inflation by inducing a recession ...

Paul had his moment when, in early 2010, Obama committed himself to what became known as the Volcker rule: a prohibition on institutions that benefited from the federal safety net—namely, large ...

How Mr. Volcker Would Fix It Paul Volcker, the former Fed chairman, says crucial work must still be done to make consumers, investors and the economy safer. By Gretchen Morgenson Oct. 22, 2011 ...