In 1979, Federal Reserve Chair Paul A. Volcker told the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress that the United States faced “unpleasant economic circumstances,” and had a “need for hard decisions, for restraint, and even for sacrifice.”
In 1979 vertelde de vicevoorzitter van de Federal Reserve Paul A. Volcker het Joint Economic Committee van het Amerikaanse Congres dat de VS te maken zou krijgen met ‘onaangename economische omstandigheden’ en behoefte had aan ‘harde beslissingen, soberheid, en zelfs offers.’