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Federal Reserve History

William F. Ford

1980–1983

Reserve Bank PresidentFederal Reserve History

Meetings at the table

37

37/43 (6 absent)

Geography

president at Atlanta (6) · where the Board comes from

In their time

Meetings by Chair

Policy rate

10% → 9.38%

−63 bp · Oct 1982 – Oct 1983 (the series starts in Oct 1982)

Rate moves

4 hikes · 2 cuts

3 holds at their meetings

Seats held

Reserve Bank PresidentAtlanta1980–1983
Aug 1, 1980 – Oct 1, 1983

Before the Fed

Economist · Wells Fargo

Education

Bachelor's, Economics — University of Texas at Austin
Master's, Economics — University of Michigan
PhD, Economics — University of Michigan

Terminal: PhD · economics

Dissents on the record (5)

February 8–9, 1983wanted tighter
December 20–21, 1982wanted tighter
November 16, 1982wanted tighter
October 5, 1982wanted tighter
June 30 – July 1, 1982wanted tighter

Served alongside (225)

Chairs · 1

Paul A. Volcker1980–1983

Governors · 8

Emmett J. Rice1980–1983
Frederick H. Schultz1980–1982
Henry C. Wallich1980–1983
J. Charles Partee1980–1983
Lyle E. Gramley1980–1983
Nancy H. Teeters1980–1983
Preston Martin1982–1983
Wayne D. Angell

Dissents witnessed

43

at 21 of 28 meetings

Unanimous

25%

7 of 28 meetings

Recessions

1

1981–82

US presidents

2

Carter · Reagan

1980–1983

Reserve Bank presidents · 17

Anthony M. Solomon1980–1983
David P. Eastburn1980–1981
E. Gerald Corrigan1980–1983
Edward G. Boehne1981–1983
Ernest T. Baughman1980–1980
Frank E. Morris1980–1983
J. Roger Guffey1980–1983
John J. Balles1980–1983
Karen N. Horn1982–1983
Lawrence K. Roos1980–1983
Robert H. Boykin1980–1983
Robert P. Black1980–1983
Robert P. Forrestal1980–1982
Robert P. Mayo1980–1981
Silas Keehn1981–1983
Theodore H. Roberts1983–1983
Willis J. Winn1980–1982

Staff · 32

Stephen H. Axilrod1980–1983
Edwin M. Truman1980–1983
James L. Kichline1980–1983
Michael Bradfield1981–1983
Robert W. Eisenmenger1982–1983
Thomas M. Timlen, Jr.1980–1983
Neal L. Petersen1980–1980
Charles L. Hampton1980–1983
Clyde H. Farnsworth, Jr.1982–1983
Daniel M. Doyle1980–1983
David L. Shannon1980–1983
Donal E. Anderson1980–1983
Donald W. Moriarty, Jr.1980–1982
Griffith L. Garwood1982–1983
Henry R. Czerwinski1980–1983
James A. McIntosh1980–1983
James R. Kudlinski1980–1981
Janet O. Hart1980–1981
Jimmie R. Monhollon1980–1983
John B. Williams1980–1982
John E. Ryan1980–1983
John M. Denkler1980–1982
Joseph P. Garbarini1983–1983
Richard L. Smoot1980–1983
Richard T. Griffith1983–1983
S. David Frost1983–1983
Theodore E. Allison1980–1983
Thomas E. Gainor1980–1983
Walter H. MacDonald1980–1981
William H. Hendricks1982–1983
William H. Wallace1980–1983
William W. Wiles1981–1983

Reserve Bank directors · 167

Jean McArthur Davis1980–1982
Alan C. Furth1980–1983
Alan R. Sleeper1980–1981
Alfred Brittain III1983–1983
Armand C. Stalnaker1980–1982
Arthur J. Decio1980–1980
Bernard Francis Sliger1983–1983
Boris Yavitz1980–1982
Carol R. Goldberg1980–1982
Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson1980–1983
Charles C. Gates1980–1983
Charles M. Bliss1983–1983
Clair L. Peck, Jr.1980–1982
Clarence C. Barksdale1981–1983
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr.1983–1983
Cornell C. Maier1980–1981
Curtis W. Kuehn1983–1983
Dale W. Fern1982–1983
Dan B. Andrews1980–1983
Dennis W. Hunt1980–1983
Donald J. Seebold1980–1982
Donald L. Hunt1980–1983
Donald N. Brandin1980–1980
Donald P. Helgeson1980–1980
Doris M Drury1980–1983
Douglas E. Johnson1982–1983
Duane Calvin Acker1982–1983
E. Mandell de Windt1981–1983
Eberhard Faber, IV1980–1983
Edward F. Brabec1980–1983
Edward L. Hennessy, Jr.1980–1983
Everett L. Maffett1980–1981
Floyd W. Lewis1980–1981
Frank A. Jones, Jr.1981–1983
Frank Junell1980–1980
Fred A. White1980–1981
Fred Adams, Jr.1980–1981
Fred W. Andrew1982–1983
Frederic H. Phillips1980–1980
Frederick G. Larkin, Jr.1980–1982
George E. Bartol, III1982–1983
George H. Weyerhauser1982–1983
George M. Ryrie1980–1983
George Nicholas Hatsopoulos1982–1983
Gerald D. Hines1980–1983
Gertrude G. Michelson1980–1983
Gordon T. Wallis1980–1982
Guy W. Botts1980–1983
H. Alan Timm1980–1982
Harold B. Blach, Jr.1981–1983
Harold F. Zigmund1981–1983
Harry A. Jensen1980–1983
Hays T. Watkins1980–1980
Henry N. Ness1980–1982
Henry S. Woodbridge, Jr.1981–1983
Horatio C. Thompson1982–1983
Howard K. Loomis1980–1983
Hugh M. Willson1980–1983
Irving A. Mathews1980–1980
J. Banks Scarborough1981–1983
J. David Barnes1981–1983
J. Wayland Bennett1980–1983
J.L. Jackson1980–1983
J.R. Vaughan1980–1983
James A. Chapman, Jr.1980–1982
James G. Harlow, Jr.1980–1983
James H. Smaby1980–1980
James Stokes Hatch1982–1983
James Whelden1980–1981
Jane C. Cousins1982–1983
Jean A. Crockett1980–1982
Jesse M. Shaver1982–1983
JoAnne Brinzey1983–1983
Joe F. Kirby1980–1982
John A. Gelbach1980–1980
John B. Davis, Jr.1982–1983
John D. Anderson1981–1983
John D. Woods1980–1983
John F. Anderson1981–1983
John F. Spies1980–1980
John H. Weitnauer, Jr.1980–1983
John P. Gilliam1980–1983
John R. Biechler1980–1980
John R. Opel1981–1983
John Sagan1980–1983
John V. James1981–1983
John W. Alford1980–1982
John W. Eckman1980–1981
John W. Kessler1980–1983
Joseph A. Baute1981–1983
Joseph A. Jennings1982–1983
Joseph H. Williams1980–1980
L. Kent Gilbreath1980–1983
Leon A. Dunn, Jr.1981–1983
Leon T. Kendall1981–1983
Lewis Honyman Bond1980–1983
Maceo A. Sloan1980–1981
Malcolm T. Stamper1980–1981
Margaret S. Wilson1980–1982
Mary Garst1980–1983
Mary P. Holt1980–1983
Matina Souretis Horner1983–1983
Michael Joseph Harrington1981–1983
Miles D. Wilson1981–1983
Nevius M. Curtis1983–1983
Ole R. Mettler1980–1983
Ollie Jay Tomson1981–1983
Patrick E. McNarny1980–1983
Paul E. Reichardt1980–1982
Paul G. Miller1980–1983
Paul H. Henson1980–1983
Peter D. Kiernan1981–1983
Ralph C. Bain1980–1980
Raymond D. Campbell1982–1983
Raymond W. Bauer1980–1980
Richard D. Hannan1982–1983
Richard D. Hill1980–1980
Richard L. Falconer1983–1983
Richard P. Hauser1980–1983
Robert A. Georgine1983–1983
Robert A. Rough1982–1983
Robert A. Young1980–1983
Robert D. Kilpatrick1980–1981
Robert D. Rogers1980–1983
Robert E. Kirby1980–1980
Robert H. Deacon1980–1981
Robert H. Knight1980–1982
Robert J. Sweeney1983–1983
Robert L. Virgil, Jr.1983–1983
Robert M. Landis1981–1983
Robert M. Solow1980–1980
Robert Paul Henderson1980–1983
Robert S. Hillas1981–1983
Robert Ted Enloe, III1983–1983
Roger E. Anderson1980–1982
Russell G. Cleary1980–1981
S. John Brademas1983–1983
Sister Generose Gervais1980–1983
Spencer F. Eccles1983–1983
Stanton R. Cook1980–1983
Stephen F. Keating1980–1981
Steven Muller1980–1983
Thomas A. Jordan1980–1980
Thomas Irving Atkins1980–1983
Thomas K. Smith Jr.1980–1981
Togo W. Tanaka1983–1983
Ulysses V. Goodwyn1980–1980
Vern A. Marquardt1981–1983
Vincent C. Burke, Jr.1980–1981
W.L. Hadley Griffin1982–1983
Walter J. Robb1980–1981
Werner C. Brown1980–1980
Weston P. Figgins1980–1980
Willard H. Derrick1983–1983
William A. Fickling, Jr.1980–1983
William A. Stroud1983–1983
William B. Walton1980–1981
William G. Phillips1980–1983
William H. Knoell1981–1983
William H. Stroube1980–1981
William L. Mathers1982–1983
William M. Dickson1980–1982
William S. Cook1980–1983
William S. Lee, III1982–1983
William Scott Sneath1980–1980
William Wardwell Treat1983–1983
Zane G. Murfitt1980–1981

Lineage

AtlantaKimbrel1968–1980→1980–1983 · 4 months vacant before→Forrestal1983–1995

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