Paul A. Volcker

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central banker economist human public official

Paul A. Volcker was an influential American economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman renowned for combating high inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Aliases (4)

Paul Volcker ×5
Volcker ×3
Paul A. Volcker Sr. ×1
Paul Adolph Volcker ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central banker → economist → human → public official →
advisorTo	Barack Obama → United States government →
appointedBy	Jimmy Carter →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
birthDate	1927-09-05 →
birthPlace	Cape May, New Jersey, United States →
boardMemberOf	Council on Foreign Relations → Trilateral Commission →
causeOfDeath	prostate cancer →
chairpersonOf	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System →
child	James Volcker → Janice Volcker →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2019-12-08 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → London School of Economics → Princeton University →
employer	Chase Manhattan Bank → Federal Reserve System → New York University → Princeton University → U.S. Department of the Treasury →
familyName	Volcker →
fieldOfWork	central banking → macroeconomics → monetary policy →
fullName	Paul Adolph Volcker →
givenName	Paul →
knownFor	advocacy of financial regulation reforms → the "Volcker shock" in U.S. monetary policy → the Volcker Rule concept limiting proprietary trading by banks → tight monetary policy to reduce inflation →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
notableFor	combating high inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s → serving as Chairman of the Federal Reserve →
occupation	civil servant → economist → professor →
positionHeld	Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System → Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board → Chairman of the Volcker Alliance → President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York → Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs of the United States →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	New York City →
spouse	Barbara Volcker →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Paul A. Volcker ("Volcker") → Paul A. Volcker ("Volcker") →	familyName
Foreign Policy Association Medal ("Paul Volcker") → Public Welfare Medal →	notableRecipient
James Volcker →	childOf
James Volcker →	father
Paul A. Volcker ("Paul Adolph Volcker") →	fullName
Volcker family ("Volcker") →	hasFamilyName
Janice Volcker →	hasFather
Volcker family →	hasNotableDescendant
Trilateral Commission ("Paul Volcker") →	hasNotableMember
Volcker family ("Paul A. Volcker Sr.") →	hasNotablePatriarch
Volcker shock ("Paul Volcker") →	ledBy
Volcker shock ("Paul Volcker") →	namedAfter
Volcker family →	notableMember
Chair of the Federal Reserve ("Paul Volcker") →	notableOfficeHolder
Barbara Volcker →	relative
Barbara Volcker →	spouse