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Basic Info
Types Person
Date of Birth Dec '53
Gender Male

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Analyst notes about Ben Bernanke
Matthew  Janet Yellen has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Bernanke as Fed Chairman
about 1 year ago

Chairman of the Federal Reserve

Before his appointment as Chairman, Dr. Bernanke was Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, from June 2005 to January 2006. Dr. Bernanke has already served the Federal Reserve... more »

Relationships Interlocks Giving
Government Positions
Federal Reserve  Chairman (Feb 1 '06→) Board member ('02→'05)
Council of Economic Advisers  Chairman (Jun '05→Jan '06)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York  Academic Advisory Panel member ('90→'02)
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia  visiting scholar ('87→'89)
Federal Open Market Committee  Chairman
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston  visiting scholar ('89→'90)

Other Positions & Memberships
National Bureau of Economic Research  Position Director of the Monetary Economics Program ('00→'02)
Princeton University  Professor economics and public affairs ('85→'96) Chair of economics department ('96→'02)
Stanford Graduate School of Business  Associate Professor of Economics ('83→'85) Assistant Professor of Economics ('79→'83)
American Economic Review  Editor (Jul 1 '01→Jul 1 '04)

Education
Harvard University  Undergraduate (?→'75) ⋅ Bachelor's Degree (Economics)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Graduate (?→'79) ⋅ Doctorate (Economics)