Inflation
According to Merriam-Webster, inflation is a “continuing rise in the general price level usually attributed to an increase in the volume of money and credit relative to available goods and services.” This collection holds historical documents relating to inflation in the United States including statements and speeches from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and congressional hearings.
Related Topics:- Inflation - Bibliographies (15 items)
Statements and Speeches of Adolph C. Miller: January 1918 - War Finance and Inflation
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Statements and Speeches of Adolph C. Miller
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Reprinted from the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) and Miller, Adolph C., ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Adolph C. Miller: January 1918, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/bog_members_statements/Miller_191801.pdf
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Stabilization: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 11806 (Superseding H.R. 7895, Sixty-ninth Congress)
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Hearings on H.R. 11806: A Bill to Amend the Act Approved December 23, 1913, Known as the Federal Reserve Act; to Define Certain Policies toward which the Powers of the Federal Reserve System shall be Directed; to Further Promote the Maintenance of a Stable Gold Standard; to Promote the Stability of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture, and Employment; to Assist in Realizing a More Stable Purchasing Power of the Dollar; and for Other Purposes.
A continuance of the hearings that were consummated in the spring of 1927 on H.R. 7895.
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Y4.B22/1:F31/15
OCLC:
6241121
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United States. Congress. House, ([year]), Stabilization: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 11806 (Superseding H.R. 7895, Sixty-ninth Congress), [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=754
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Restoring and Maintaining the Average Purchasing Power of the Dollar: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-second Congress, First Session, on H.R. 11499, an Act for Restoring and Maintaining the Purchasing Power of the Dollar, S. 4429, a Bill to Restore and Maintain the Average Purchasing Power of the Dollar by the Expansion and Contraction of Credits and Currency, and for Other Purposes, May 12, 13, and 18, 1932
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Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-Second Congress, First Session on H.R. 11499 an Act for Restoring and Maintaining the Purchasing Power of the Dollar and S. 4429 a Bill to Restore and Maintain the Average Purchasing Power of the Dollar by the Expansion and Contraction of Credits and Currency, and for other Purposes.
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Y 4.B 22/3:D 69
OCLC:
5574324
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United States. Congress. Senate, ([year]), Restoring and Maintaining the Average Purchasing Power of the Dollar: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-second Congress, First Session, on H.R. 11499, an Act for Restoring and Maintaining the Purchasing Power of the Dollar, S. 4429, a Bill to Restore and Maintain the Average Purchasing Power of the Dollar by the Expansion and Contraction of Credits and Currency, and for Other Purposes, May 12, 13, and 18, 1932, [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=791
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Statements and Speeches of Marriner S. Eccles: March 11, 1943 - The war program and inflation
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Statements and Speeches of Marriner S. Eccles
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Address before the Central States Group Investment Bankers Association of America, Chicago
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) and Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977, ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Marriner S. Eccles: March 11, 1943, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/eccles_19430311.pdf
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Statements and Speeches of Marriner S. Eccles: November 25, 1947 - The current inflation problem-- causes and controls
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Statements and Speeches of Marriner S. Eccles
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Statement before the Joint Committee on the Economic Report
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) and Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977, ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Marriner S. Eccles: November 25, 1947, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/eccles_19471125.pdf
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Inflation Control: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on S.J. Res. 157, Joint Resolution to Aid in Protecting the Nation's Economy Against Inflationary Pressures, July 29, 30, Aug. 2, 3, and 4, 1948
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Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, on S.J. Res. 157, joint resolution to aid in protecting the Nation's economy against inflationary pressures.
80th Congress, 2nd Session
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Y4.B22/1:In3
OCLC:
6623282
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United States. Congress. House, ([year]), Inflation Control: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on S.J. Res. 157, Joint Resolution to Aid in Protecting the Nation's Economy Against Inflationary Pressures, July 29, 30, Aug. 2, 3, and 4, 1948, [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=744
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Inflation Control
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Imprint: Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1948.
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Printed by the Government Printing Office, 1948
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1948, Inflation Control, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4162
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Inflation and Interest Rates on Government Securities
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Second draft
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Circa 1950,
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1950, Inflation and Interest Rates on Government Securities, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/15_04_nd2.pdf
Inflation Since Korea and Bank Loan Expansion
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Circa 1951,
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1951, Inflation Since Korea and Bank Loan Expansion, from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/15_05_nd7.pdf
Inflation.
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10/16/1959,
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1959, Inflation. , from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/martin59_1016.pdf
Inflation: Enemy of Growth.
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Summary of Remarks before the 24th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Newspaper controllers & Finance Officers
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10/25/1971,
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Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 1971, Inflation: Enemy of Growth., from William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/martin/23_02_19711025.pdf
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Stemming Inflation: the Office of Emergency Preparedness and the 90-day freeze
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A comprehensive history of the management of the 90-day wage-price freeze, undertaken by the Office of Emergency Preparedness and the newly established Cost of Living Council.
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PREX 4.2:IN 3
OCLC:
591868
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United States. Office of Emergency Preparedness, ([year]), Stemming Inflation: the Office of Emergency Preparedness and the 90-day freeze, [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=198
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Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns: May 26, 1974 - Menace of Inflation
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Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns
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Address at the 141st Commencement Exercises at Illinois College, in Jacksonville, Illinois
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) and Burns, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1904-1987, ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns: May 26, 1974, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/burns/Burns_19740526.pdf
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Federal Reserve Policy and Inflation and High Interest Rates: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, July 16, 17, 18, 30; August 7, and 8, 1974
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Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session. This hearing focused on how monetary policy affects inflation and interest rates. The hearing was held during the 1973-1975 recessionary period.
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/43
OCLC:
1166942
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve Policy and Inflation and High Interest Rates: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, July 16, 17, 18, 30; August 7, and 8, 1974, [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=727
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Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns: September 19, 1975 - The Real Issues of Inflation and Unemployment
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Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns
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Address at the Blue Key Honor Society Annual Awards Dinner, The University of George, Athens, Georgia.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) and Burns, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1904-1987, ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns: September 19, 1975, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/burns/Burns_19750919.pdf
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Statements and Speeches of Darryl R. Francis: November 18, 1975 - Inflation: Causes and consequences
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Statements and Speeches of Darryl R. Francis
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Remarks before the Joint Seminar of the Canadian Council of Financial Analysts and the Toronto Council of Financial Analysts, Toronto, Canada
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Francis, Darryl R., ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Darryl R. Francis: November 18, 1975, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/frbsl_history/presidents/francis/Francis_19751118.pdf
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Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns: June 11, 1976 - The World-Wide Problem of Inflation
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Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns
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Address at the Commencement Exercises of the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) and Burns, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1904-1987, ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Arthur F. Burns: June 11, 1976, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/burns/Burns_19760611.pdf
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Statements and Speeches of Lawrence K. Roos: April 26, 1978 - Inflation: Truths and Half-Truths
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Statements and Speeches of Lawrence K. Roos
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Address before the Regional Conference of National Association of Business Economists, St. Louis, MO.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Roos, Lawrence K., ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Lawrence K. Roos: April 26, 1978, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/frbsl_history/presidents/roos/Roos_19780426.pdf
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Anti-inflation Proposals: Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on Oversight on Inflation Policies and Tax-Based Anti-Inflation Proposals, May 22 and 23, 1978
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Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. United States Senate. Ninety-fifth Congress. Second session on oversight on inflation policies and tax-based anti-inflation proposals.
OCLC:
4223514
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Anti-inflation Proposals: Hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on Oversight on Inflation Policies and Tax-Based Anti-Inflation Proposals, May 22 and 23, 1978, [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=766
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Stagflation: Hearings before the Special Study on Economic Change of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, April 30, and May 7 and 9, 1979
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Hearings before the special study on economic change of the Join Economic Committee. Congress of the United States. Ninety-Sixth Congress. First session. April 30, and May 7 and 9, 1979.
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5802532
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United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Economic Report, ([year]), Stagflation: Hearings before the Special Study on Economic Change of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, April 30, and May 7 and 9, 1979, [issue title/date], accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=794
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Statements and Speeches of Paul A. Volcker: April 15, 1981 - Dealing with Inflation: Obstacles and Opportunities
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Statements and Speeches of Paul A. Volcker
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Remarks at the Alfred M. Langdon Lecture Series on Public Issues. Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) and Volcker, Paul A., ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Paul A. Volcker: April 15, 1981, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/volcker/Volcker_19810415.pdf
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Statements and Speeches of William Poole: April 11, 2002 - Inflation, recession, and the recovery
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Statements and Speeches of William Poole
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Midwest Economic Education Conference, St. Louis.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Poole, William, ([year]), Statements and Speeches of William Poole: April 11, 2002, accessed May 19, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/frbsl_history/presidents/poole/20020411.pdf
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