White House Still Refusing to Even Consider Janet Yellen for Fed Chair | Reuters

Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, speaks at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business in Berkeley, California November 13, 2012.

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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House has yet to begin vetting Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen to take over the top job at the U.S. central bank, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation, after one report said the process had begun for her main rival for the job.

White House not yet vetting Yellen for Fed chair: sources | Reuters