Janet Yellen | |
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Chair of the Federal Reserve | |
In office Februar 3, 2014 – Februar 3, 2018 | |
Preses | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Depute | Stanley Fischer |
Precedit bi | Ben Bernanke |
Succeedit bi | Jerome Powell |
Vice Chair o the Federal Reserve System | |
In office October 4, 2010 – Februar 3, 2014 | |
Preses | Barack Obama |
Precedit bi | Donald Kohn |
Succeedit bi | Stanley Fischer |
Preses o the Federal Reserve Bank o San Francisco | |
In office Juin 14, 2004 – October 4, 2010 | |
Precedit bi | Robert Parry |
Succeedit bi | John Williams |
Chair o the Cooncil o Economic Advisers | |
In office Februar 18, 1997 – August 3, 1999 | |
Preses | Bill Clinton |
Precedit bi | Joseph Stiglitz |
Succeedit bi | Martin Baily |
Personal details | |
Born | Janet Louise Yellen 13 August 1946 New York Ceety, New York, U.S. |
Poleetical pairty | Democratic |
Spoose(s) | George Akerlof |
Eddication | Brown Varsity (BA) Yale Varsity (MA, PhD) |
Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist. She wis the Chair o the Buird o Govrenors o the Federal Reserve Seestem frae 2014 tae 2018, previously servin as Vice Chair frae 2010 tae 2014. Previously, she wis Preses an Chief Executive Officer o the Federal Reserve Bank o San Francisco; Chair o the White Hoose Cooncil o Economic Advisers unner Preses Bill Clinton; an business professor at the Varsity o Californie, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
Yellen wis nominatit bi Preses Obama tae succeed Ben Bernanke as Chair o the Unitit States Federal Reserve. On Januar 6, 2014, the U.S. Senate confirmed Yellen's nomination, makkin her the first woman in this role. She wis sworn in on Februar 3, 2014, makkin her the first woman tae hauld the poseetion. In 2017, Preses Donald Trump chose nae tae nominate Yellen for a seicont term, nominatin Jerome Powell instead.