Washington Insider
  • From her corner office just down the hall from Chairman Ben Bernanke's, Janet Yellen is one of the most influential economic policymakers in the world, backing bold action by the U.S.central bank at a time when much of Washington treats "stimulus"as a dirty word.

    Janet L. Yellen, then president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, answers a reporter's question at the Town Hall Los Angeles forum in Los Angeles, in this March 23, 2010 file photo. If the Federal Reserve delivers another jolt of monetary stimulus to try to stir the U.S. economy back to life, it will be in part because of the powers of persuasion of a soft-spoken, former Berkeley professor. From her corner office just down the hall from Chairman Ben Bernanke's, Janet