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 Chinese government forbids foreign ownership of a broad range of Chinese businesses, including those that run websites. Despite this, despite endless rules meant to repel foreign capital migrating ...

Economist Paul Adolph Volcker Jr., former chairman of the Federal Reserve under U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan has died at the age of 92. Widely credited with having ended the high ...

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 ...

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 is lionized for wrestling down inflation when he led the Federal Reserve between 1979 and 1987. He also was reviled at the time because his accomplishment came at a terrible cost for ...

(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 ...

Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the closest thing to a rock star economist this country has seen, died Monday at 92, NPR has confirmed. He reportedly had ...

The death of Paul Volcker is a sad moment here at the Sun. The chairman of the Federal Reserve who, in the 1980s, conquered inflation slipped away Sunday after a long illness. Of all the public ...

It will always be saved. By Kyla Scanlon Gas lines and quadrupling oil prices freaked out American consumers. But the oil crises also transformed global finance. By Jeff Sommer Consensus may be a ...