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February
Bernanke pledges transparency at swearing-in
4 February 2010 The Financial Times
Ben Bernanke was sworn in for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve at a private ceremony at the central bank’s headquarters in Washington yesterday and spoke of both increasing transparency and safeguarding the embattled institution’s independence.
After a fraught passage to reconfirmation that underscores the political challenges ahead, Mr Bernanke eventually received the approval of the Senate last week to continue as head of the Fed.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f595a98-10fe-11df-9a9e-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
