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The Federal Reserve's key monetary policy-making panel, the Federal Open Market Committee, officially chose income Fed chief Janet Yellen as its chair.
One day after outgoing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke oversaw his final FOMC meeting, the Fed said the panel had unanimously selected Yellen to replace him.
Bernanke ends his eight-year tenure on Friday, having presided over the world's most powerful central bank during the deepest economic crisis since the 1930s.
The Fed said that, in the interim weekend period, Yellen will remain as vice chair but "with the authority to exercise all the duties of the chair.
One day after outgoing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke oversaw his final FOMC meeting, the Fed said the panel had unanimously selected Yellen to replace him.
Bernanke ends his eight-year tenure on Friday, having presided over the world's most powerful central bank during the deepest economic crisis since the 1930s.
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Yellen, who served as Bernanke's vice chair for the past four years, is scheduled to be sworn in as the new chair of the Fed overall on February 3.
The Fed said that, in the interim weekend period, Yellen will remain as vice chair but "with the authority to exercise all the duties of the chair.
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