Former US Fed Chairman Paul Volcker dies at 92: media

Former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, who tackled American inflation in the 1970s and ’80s and later lent his name to landmark Wall Street reforms, died yesterday, according to media reports.

Volcker, who headed the US central bank from 1979 to 1987, was 92.

In this June 25, 2013, photo, former US Federal Reserve Bank chairman Paul Volcker speaks during a meeting of the State Budget Crisis Task Force at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

— AFP

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