This is the most expensive rug ever sold. This beautiful seventeenth century Persian rug sold for nearly $34 million today at a Sotheby's auction in New York City.
The current chair is Janet Yellen, who took over for Ben Bernanke on February 3, 2014. There are 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks located in major cities around the country that operate under the supervision of the Board of Governors.
Alan Greenspan, the man who would eventually lead the worldâs most powerful bank, the US Federal Reserve, was eager to join Richard Nixonâs presidential campaign back in 1967. At the time, he was 41 years old and already a prosperous Wall Street consultant.