Authors:

  • Kenneth Rogoff

Excerpt

The Federal Reserve in a Time for Doves. Kenneth Rogoff, August 2, 2013, Opinion. "The battle is on to replace current US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. One might expect the Fed chairmanship – arguably the second most powerful official position in the United States, and certainly the world’s most powerful financial position – to be determined by a conclave of central bankers. In fact, the choice is largely at the discretion of the US president. So let us consider two of the leading candidates, Lawrence Summers, a former US treasury secretary, and current Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen...."  Link verified March 28, 2014