Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke | |
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| 14th Chair of the Federal Reserve | |
| In office February 1, 2006 – February 1, 2014 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Roger Ferguson Donald Kohn Janet Yellen |
| Preceded by | Alan Greenspan |
| Succeeded by | Janet Yellen |
| 23rd Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| In office June 21, 2005 – January 31, 2006 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Harvey Rosen |
| Succeeded by | Edward Lazear |
| Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | |
| In office August 5, 2002 – June 21, 2005 | |
| Nominated by | George W. Bush |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ben Shalom Bernanke December 13, 1953 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican Party (until 2015) Independent (2015–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Friedmann |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Ben Shalom Bernanke (born December 13, 1953) is an American economist of Jewish descent. He was the Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States.
He won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2022.
References
- ↑ Phillips, Matt (October 6, 2015). "Bernanke: I'm not really a Republican anymore". Quartz. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ↑ Bernanke's first name is Ben, not Benjamin and "Ben Shalom" is not abbreviated. (ref: "Big Ben", Slate, October 24, 2005) https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/106.html
- ↑ www.federalreserve.gov
- ↑ Grunwald, Michael (16 December 2009). "Person of the Year 2009". Time. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ↑ Press release: The Prize in Economic Sciences 2022
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