What would the late former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker have thought about digital currencies issued by central banks? The short answer is nobody knows; Volcker never really got steeped in the ...

Breaking inflation is easy. It involves electing a president who believes in a dollar rendered strong by its stability. Alas, Donald Trump is not that president.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul A. Volcker, one of our country's great economic statesmen, passed away last week at the age of 92. He served in many senior ...

Paul Volcker, who died Sunday at 92, towered, physically and metaphorically, over his contemporaries. At 6 foot 7, he was the tallest person in any room. Volcker was also among a small number of men ...

(Bloomberg) -- Around Columbus Day, 1979, Paul Volcker, newly installed as head of the Federal Reserve, embarked on the crusade that made him a legend: a no-holds-barred campaign to beat back ...

Earlier this month on CBS’s "60 Minutes," Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sat down for an interview with longtime correspondent Scott Pelley. While the interview was light on actionable ...

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 interest rate on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note hovers around 1.75% while the annual rate of inflation nears 7%, suggesting that investors believe high inflation is temporary. Evidently the market ...