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Richard Nixon: I have determined that this action is necessary to stabilize the economy, reduce inflation, minimize unemployment…

On the recordJuly 17, 1973
I have determined that this action is necessary to stabilize the economy, reduce inflation, minimize unemployment, improve the Nation's competitive position in world trade and protect the purchasing power of the dollar.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Executive Order 11730—Further Providing for the Stabilization of the Economy

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