Fed chair Ben Bernanke‘s term will end in January 2014, and President Obama is seeking a successor. The choice is crucial, because unwinding the Fed‘s accommodative monetary policy without plunging the country into inflation is no easy task.

Candidates include former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Janet Yellen, former Fed Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson, and Harvard University economics professor Larry Summers.

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