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...Niall Ferguson, the historian, also recently noted that US bond investors suffered their worst rout for 150 years with a return of negative 15.7 per cent, the worst since 1871....
...The central bank’s chair Jay Powell now has a critical choice to make, Bloomberg’s Niall Ferguson writes....
...Fed chair Janet Yellen....
...Joe Biden, the US president-elect, is poised to choose Janet Yellen as his Treasury secretary and top cabinet official in charge of the American economy, as it faces a painstaking recovery from the shock...
...Roger Ferguson, someone who cares deeply about economic and racial justice, as head of the NEC, is also a great pick....
...Janet Yellen, a former Fed chair and White House official, would bring vast experience to the job....
...This is probably not all priced into markets, according to Janet Yellen, former head of the US Federal Reserve....
...Other potential candidates include Janet Yellen, the former Fed chair, Sarah Bloom Raskin, the former deputy treasury secretary, and Roger Ferguson, chief executive of asset manager TIAA....
...It is a big moment for the new chairman of the US Federal Reserve — his first opportunity to step out of the shadow of Janet Yellen, his predecessor, and define his own views....
...He is now number two to chair Janet Yellen at the US Federal Reserve....
...Jesse Ferguson, a Clinton campaign spokesman, said: “The American people should have no doubt that the Fed is serving the public interest....
...Janet Ellis, former presenter of the much-loved BBC children’s programme Blue Peter, has written The Butcher’s Hook, a dark tale set in 18th-century London....
...Janet Yellen, the Fed chair, has signalled the first rise since 2004 will happen this year — a message she is likely to reiterate before Congress in testimony on Wednesday and Thursday....
...The financial markets listened to Janet Yellen’s speech on “normalising” monetary policy last Friday, shrugged, and moved on largely unaffected....
...Louise, an earnest student, sits out front, delivering a dry dissertation on Janet Adler’s work....
...Roger Ferguson Mr Ferguson, 61, a lawyer and management consultant by background, joined the Fed in 1997 and was vice-chair from 1999 to 2006....
...The withdrawal of Lawrence Summers from contention for the US Federal Reserve chairmanship sends markets back to their state of the spring: confident that current vice-chair Janet Yellen will get the job...
...Other candidates that can’t be ruled out include Don Kohn, Roger Ferguson, and Tim Geithner....
...It’s not just Democratic senators putting pressure on President Barack Obama to get on and nominate Janet Yellen as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. The stock market has been too....
...Although the most obvious alternative is current Fed vice-chair Janet Yellen, Mr Obama has given no sign that he favours her candidacy, and appointing her would be a concession to the liberal senators who...
...One is Janet Yellen, currently vice chair to Mr Bernanke....
...Ms Yellen has a clear edge over alternatives, such as former vice-chairs Roger Ferguson, who brings private sector experience as chief executive of TIAA-CREF, a financial services company, or Donald Kohn...
...Ms Yellen was now the frontrunner, but this could also bring back into focus the “dark horse” candidates, including former Fed vice-chairs Donald Kohn and Roger Ferguson....
...The favourite to succeed Mr Bernanke is his deputy, Janet Yellen, who was one of the architects of the Fed’s strategy to purchase assets....
...Summers; and an African-American, Roger Ferguson....
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