If
Janet Yellen becomes head of the Federal Reserve, as she is expected to
in January, she will become one of the most powerful women in the
world. But who are the others?
Economic dove … Janet Yellen. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Yellen
will be the first woman to head the mighty US Federal Reserve if she
takes over at the central bank in January. Her job will be to maintain
the stuttering recovery of the world's largest economy. Yellen is an
expert on the causes and impact of unemployment and is regarded as
an economic "dove"
who will stick with current chairman Ben Bernanke's massive support
programme for the economy. Yellen first joined the Fed in 1977 but left
in 1978 to lecture at the London School of Economics with her
Nobel-winning economist husband George Akerlof. She has straddled
academia and public office since and advised Bill Clinton for two years
of his presidency. Her appointment as the Fed's vice chairwoman in 2010
set her up to succeed Bernanke.
List Of World Most Powerful Women
