President Jimmy Carter, who died at his home on Sunday ... disastrous for his 1980 reelection bid. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, inflation neared 6% in 1976 before Carter ...

Jimmy Carter revivalists argue that his legislative accomplishments reveal a prolific presidency, and his failures the ...

Historical cables from the British Ambassador suggest that Carter’s problems ran far deeper than the hostage crisis.

His postpresidential greatness is what will be remembered. But he was a shrewder politician than people realize.

When Carter left office in 1981, it sat at 7.4%. Paul Volcker, American economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan ...

Everybody knows that Jimmy Carter was America’s last truly liberal ... the decadelong Great Inflation was Paul Volcker, chair of the Federal Reserve Board — and a Carter appointee.

Jimmy Carter didn’t just lose his bid for ... Then, just as he was running for a second term, the Federal Reserve decided it was time to crush inflation – with punitively high interest ...

Carter’s resilience — helping build a house in 2019 after getting 14 stitches around his eye, teaching Sunday school after fracturing his pelvis — accounted for some of the new reverence. So did the ...

President Joe Biden has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff across America in honor of former President Jimmy Carter ... his father's death, Carter joined the Navy Reserve and returned ...

The Federal Reserve is nearly certain to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its policy meeting this week, just a few ...

Appointing Paul Volcker was the top accomplishment of the Carter presidency, and the benefit of a more vigilant Fed continues ...

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 ...