El Senado de EE.UU. confirmó hoy a Janet Yellen como próxima presidenta de la Reserva Federal (Fed) en sustitución de Ben Bernanke, con lo que se convertirá en la primera mujer de la historia en dirigir el banco central estadounidense. Yellen, de 67 años y actual vicepresidenta de la Fed, recibió el respaldo del Senado con 56 votos a favor y 26 en contra. Sustituirá a Bernanke al frente del banco central el próximo 31
Why are banks unstable? (The Economist explains)
WITH the thud of almost 1,000 pages, America’s main supervisory regulators have approved the Volcker Rule, which prevents banks from trading in securities such as shares and bonds for their own profit rather than on behalf of their clients. Its aim is to stop banks using deposits that are backed by taxpayers to gamble on markets. In Europe regulators too are drafting their own versions of laws intended to make banking safer. Britain’s version will