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  G-7 Governments Not Playing Favorites as Central Banks Revamped

  It’s not paying to be either an insider or the favorite when it comes to landing the top job at a Group of Seven central bank.

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  Yellen Has the Right of First Refusal to Lead Fed, Meyer Says

  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen has the “right of first refusal” to become the next leader of the central bank when Ben S. Bernanke’s term ends in January, said former Fed governor Laurence Meyer.

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  Yellen Has the Right of First Refusal to Lead Fed, Meyer Says

  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen has the “right of first refusal” to become the next leader of the central bank when Ben S. Bernanke’s term ends in January, said former Fed governor Laurence Meyer.

• Meyer Says Yellen Has the Right of First Refusal at Fed

  Laurence Meyer, a former Federal Reserve governor, said today that Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen has the “right of first refusal” to become the next leader of the central bank when Ben S. Bernanke’s term ends in January.

• Meltzer Says Easing Unhelpful as Meyer Says Fed Must Act

  The Federal Reserve can’t reduce unemployment and easing further won’t be effective, Carnegie Mellon University’s Allan Meltzer said today at the Bloomberg Hedge Funds Summit. Former Fed Governor Laurence Meyer, speaking at the same event, said the central bank should do more.

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  Two Fed Presidents Call for Pressing on With QE

  Two regional Federal Reserve presidents said they want the Fed to keep buying bonds through the end of 2013, while a third official said the central bank isn’t doing enough to spur economic growth.

• Former Fed Governor Meyer Reduces Forecast for Bond Purchases

  Former Federal Reserve Governor Laurence Meyer reduced his forecast for the central bank’s bond purchases, saying the Fed will stop at $600 billion in June because of faster U.S. growth.

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  Fed Faces Explaining Billion-Dollar Losses in QE Exit Stress

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s efforts to rescue the economy could result in more than a half trillion dollars of paper losses on the central bank’s books if interest rates rise abruptly from recent levels.

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  Fed Signals Seen Raising Treasury Yields 60 Basis Points in ‘11

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his colleagues may shift from focusing on the gap between actual and optimal employment to an emphasis on the economy’s speed limit in the months ahead.

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  Bernanke’s Interest-Rate Timeframe Draws Most Negative Votes in 18 Years

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s plan to hold interest rates near zero through at least mid-2013 provoked the most opposition among voting policy makers in 18 years as central bank consensus frayed.

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• "Janet Yellen has the right of first refusal."

  - Laurence Meyer on May 03, 2013

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