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Powell Becomes Federal Reserve Chair

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

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2018

Jerome Hayden Powell5 February 2018

Washington · Politics / Federal Reserve

Jerome Powell begins service as chair of the Federal Reserve Board, succeeding Janet Yellen and taking responsibility for monetary policy and financial supervision late in a long economic expansion.

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Jerome Hayden Powell

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