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.
African-Americans have served on the Federal Reserve's Washington-based Board of Governors three times in the Fed's 103-year history, and the central bank now has a female chair, Janet Yellen.