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https://scmp.com/news/world/article/1400105/split-vote-us-senate-janet-yellen-confirmation-signals-politicisation
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Split vote of US Senate on Janet Yellen confirmation signals politicisation

Some 26 senators voted against confirming Janet Yellen as head of America's central bank

Janet Yellen is the first woman to run the US Federal Reserve.

Janet Yellen's confirmation as chairman of the Federal Reserve with the least Senate support on record shows that the US central bank still faces intense political scrutiny six years after the financial crisis.

The Senate vote of 56-26 to confirm Yellen means she garnered even less support than outgoing chairman Ben Bernanke, whose 2010 confirmation for a second term by a vote of 70-30 represented the most opposition for a Fed chief. Bernanke's term ends on January 31.