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Federal Reserve Chairman Appointment “Weeks Away,” White House says

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By Lynn Sweet

WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama will not be appointing a new Federal Reserve Chairman until the fall, White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer said Wednesday morning. “You have weeks until you have to worry about this,” Pfeiffer said at a reporters’ breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

Obama will be replacing Fed chief Ben Bernanke, with speculation centering on Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellin and Larry Summers, a former Obama economic advisor.

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