Volcker Rule – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:44:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Ex-Fed Chair Volcker dies, tamed inflation with recession https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/ex-fed-chair-volcker-dies-tamed-inflation-with-recession/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/ex-fed-chair-volcker-dies-tamed-inflation-with-recession/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 05:37:15 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/ex-fed-chair-volcker-dies-tamed-inflation-with-recession/ 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, according to his office. He was 92. Volcker took charge of the Fed in August 1979, when the U.S. economy was in the grip of […]

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