Bernanke podría dejar Fed en 2014; Yellen es candidata para reemplazarlo

Genevieve Signoret & Patrick Signoret

El segundo mandato de Ben Bernanke al frente de la Reserva Federal termina el 31 de enero 2014. Aunque en teoría el presidente Obama puede nominarlo para un tercer mandato, muchos piensan que Bernanke prefiere dejar el puesto. El indicio más reciente de que se prepara para salir, según AP, es el anuncio de que no estará presente en el simposio de Jackson Hole este año (22-24 agosto).

Janet Yellen, vicepresidente de la Fed, es vista como candidata fuerte para reemplazar a Bernanke. Ha defendido firmemente la política monetaria que la FOMC ha llevado a cabo bajo la dirección de Bernanke. Binyamin Appelbaum de NYT escribe sobre los admiradores y detractores de Yellen.

AP:

Bernanke is intensifying speculation that this year will be his last as Federal Reserve chairman by deciding to skip the Fed’s annual August conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Jackson Hole has long been a high-profile platform for speeches by Fed chairmen. Since taking over the Fed in 2006, Bernanke has been the marquee speaker each year. In 2010, he used his speech to signal that the Fed could launch another bond-buying program.

[…] His second four-year term will end in January, and neither he nor President Barack Obama has signaled whether Bernanke will serve a third term.

All eyes at the conference will likely instead focus on the Fed’s vice chair, Janet Yellen, who is widely considered the front-runner to succeed Bernanke. Yellen, who previously led the San Francisco Fed, was appointed vice chair by Obama. Yellen has been a vocal supporter of Bernanke’s low interest rate policies, and her selection would suggest that the Fed would continue those policies.

El artículo cita a Tim Duy como uno de los que piensa que Bernanke dejará la Fed en enero.