Volcker,fighting the rampant inflation left over from the 1970s,was willing to throw the U.S. economy into the worst downturn since the great Depression to achieve this goal.

• 沃尔克为了抑制70年代以来严重的通货膨胀，不惜以自大萧条以来美国最严重的经济衰退为代价来达此目的。