2021年5月29日 · Volcker slammed the brakes on the economy by raising interest rates to 20% — tough medicine to prove he was serious about getting inflation under control.

2020年5月7日 · President Jimmy Carter's Economic Policies and Accomplishments. Carter created jobs, fought stagflation, and brokered peace

2024年12月30日 · He was America’s 39th president, serving one term between 1977 and 1981, and losing to Ronald Reagan in the aftermath of the Iran hostage crisis. Carter’s term was plagued by a terrible economy...

2024年12月30日 · Former President Jimmy Carter's complicated legacy suffered from high inflation and interest rates. His nomination of Paul Volcker as chair of the Federal Reserve is credited for a long-term...

In January 1977 Jimmy Carter succeeded Gerald Ford as President after defeating the incumbent in a close election. The economy was in a recession when Carter came to Washington. Immediately upon taking office, he declared that his primary domestic goal was to create jobs for the unemployed.

2024年12月30日 · During Carter’s tenure, the US economy reached a peak inflation rate of 14.8% in 1980. In response, Carter appointed Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the US central bank...

2024年10月1日 · In the Wall Street Journal, former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm shared a compelling account of how President Jimmy Carter—who turns 100 October 1—has not received the credit he deserves for the...

2022年2月22日 · On assuming office in 1977, President Carter inherited an economy that was slowly emerging from a recession. He had severely criticized former President Ford for his failures to control inflation and relieve unemployment, but after four years of the Carter presidency, both inflation and unemployment were considerably worse than at the time of ...

2025年1月3日 · Today on the show, we detail some of his top accomplishments from empowering the Federal Reserve's aggressive approach to inflation, deregulation of major industries and his push for cost...

2023年3月4日 · Jimmy Carter confronted a whale of an economic problem during the whole of his presidency, 1977-81—stagflation. The unbelievable combination of double-digit yearly inflation with economic...