白宫提名耶伦成为美联储首位女主席_BEC初级作文

白宫提名耶伦成为美联储首位女主席

Last night, the White House announced that it would nominate Federal Reserve vice chairwoman Janet Yellen to replace Fed chairman Ben Bernanke when his term expires in January.

10月8日晚，白宫官员表示将提名现任美联储副主席珍妮特-耶伦将在明年1月份、现任美联储主席伯南克任期结束后，取代现任主席成为下届美联储主席。

Yellen was widely seen as the frontrunner to receive the nomination — especially after her chief opponent for the job, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, withdrew his name from contention in September.

耶伦被普遍认为是此次提名的首要人选——特别是她的头号竞争对手，前财政部长劳伦斯-萨默斯于9月退出竞争之后。

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She will be the first female Fed head, and given her "dovish" tendencies — meaning she tends to focus more on employment and less on inflation — economists and market participants mostly expect her to continue the policies of her predecessor.

耶伦将成为史上第一位女性美联储主席，并且考虑到她的“鸽派”倾向——即她倾向于关注就业问题，而较少关注通货膨胀问题——经济学家和市场参与者们都期待她继承前任的政策方针。

Yellen is expected to be easily confirmed in the Senate.

外界认为耶伦将顺利地获得参议院的批准。

During his nomination speech this afternoon, President Obama praised Yellen, calling her a strong leader and highlighting the warnings she gave of a credit bubble in 2007.