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Bernanke Becomes Federal Reserve Chairman

United States of America · Politics / Federal Reserve. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2006

Ben Shalom Bernanke1 February 2006

Washington · Politics / Federal Reserve

Ben Bernanke begins his term as Federal Reserve chairman, succeeding Alan Greenspan and assuming leadership of monetary policy shortly before the housing and financial crises emerge.

Names involved

Ben Shalom Bernanke

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