What you might not know about Obama choice for Fed

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Janet Yellen, the White House’s choice to lead the Federal Reserve starting next year, is known as a meticulous perfectionist, an unusually accurate prognosticator and a firm believer in the use of Fed policy to reduce unemployment.

She also owns a substantial stamp collection. She met her future husband in the Fed’s cafeteria. And in graduate school, she took such precise notes that they later became a textbook of sorts for future students.

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