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Obama to Push
for 1st-Ever
Female
Fed Chief

Oct 8, 2013 6:10 PM CDT

Obama to Push for 1st-Ever Female Fed Chief

Janet Yellen to receive nomination: White House

(Newser) - President Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the US central bank, the White House said today. Yellen would be the first woman to head the powerful Fed, taking over at a pivotal time for the economy and the banking industry....

Summers Is Latest Misplay
by Obama's Inept Econ Team

OPINION

Sep 16, 2013 1:57 PM CDT

Summers Is Latest Misplay by Obama's Inept Econ Team

Heidi Moore can't believe these guys think they've done a good job

(Newser) - The main question isn't why Larry Summers pulled his name out of the Federal Reserve Chairman derby yesterday, it's "how his candidacy even got this far," writes Heidi Moore at the Guardian . Many prominent senators openly opposed his nomination, as did 300 economists. From the beginning,...

Every Fed
Member Is
a Millionaire

Aug 28, 2013 12:56 PM CDT

Every Fed Member Is a Millionaire

Although Ben Bernanke appears to just barely qualify

(Newser) - It's a safe bet that whoever replaces Ben Bernanke as Fed chief will be personally familiar with large sums of money. Janet Yellen has assets worth between $4.8 million and $13.2 million—including a stamp collection worth up to $50,000—while fellow frontrunner Larry Summers clocks...

Please,
Let the Next
Fed Chief
Be Dull

OPINION

Aug 21, 2013 11:51 AM CDT

Please, Let the Next Fed Chief Be Dull

Federal Reserve and its recent leaders have gotten too big for their britches: Amar Bhide

(Newser) - Even casual observers of DC politics probably know that Larry Summers and Janet Yellen are the leading candidates to replace Ben Bernanke as the Fed chair. And that's a problem, writes Amar Bhide in the New York Times . He thinks the position of Fed chief has become way too...

Larry Summers
Next Fed Chief?
Not If His Critics
Can Help It

Jul 31, 2013 1:02 PM CDT

Larry Summers Next Fed Chief? Not If His Critics Can Help It

It's mostly a race between him and Fed vice chairwoman Janet Yellen

(Newser) - Larry Summers or Janet Yellen. If you're a weird hybrid of wonk and gambler, you already know those two are the heavy favorites to replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chief in January. Expect to hear much more as decision time nears for President Obama, especially because an influential hodgepodge...