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Bernanke Drop the Mic as He Exits the Fed

Farewell, Ben

The charisma-free Federal Reserve chief looks a little wearier after a tumultuous term. But he’s offering his successor, Janet Yellen—and the markets—a going-away present.

Not with a whimper but a bang.

That’s how the tenure of Ben Bernanke at the helm of the Federal Reserve effectively ended Wednesday.

The unassuming, charisma-free central banker never set out to be a player the way his predecessor Alan Greenspan did.

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