Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke
  • Chairman, Federal Reserve, United States
  • Age: 60
  • Residence: Washington, DC
  • Country of Citizenship: United States
  • Education: Doctorate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Harvard University
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Children: 2
  • Profile
     Big Ben is stepping down when he term ends in January 2014, and Janet Yellen has been nominated to lead the Fed next year. Bernanke has steered the Fed during some of the biggest financial challenges since the Depression. The former Princeton professor is credited with helping avert a global economic meltdown during late 2000's, and jump-starting a still-moderate U.S. recovery. The American economy's "adult in the room" has said that there is only so much the Fed can do; politicians are the ones with the power to keep us from going over a fiscal cliff.
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