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Janet Yellen picked for Fed leadership

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Sandra SchwarteOctober 9, 2013

US President Barack Obama has nominated Janet Yellen to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve. She would be the first woman to hold the post, and faces the task of winding down the Fed's massive stimulus program.

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