Wall Street scene (2)

August 2, 1982

Did the Federal Reserve Board miscalculate the credit demands that were going to be made on the economy? According to Alice Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office, Paul Volcker, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, now acknowledges that ''the Fed misjudged the increased demand for money'' that was made on the economy. She says he now states that the Fed is prepared to accommodate more.