President Ford took nightmare to mean inflation in his quote and the effect of the nightmare is that it seriously affect the American economy.
Gerald Ford's era as the 38th president of the United States started on August 9, 1974, consequent to the resignation of Richard Nixon from office, and ended on January 20, 1977, a period of 895 days.
Therefore, he had to fight the effect which was inflation.
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