JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Janet Yellen has one of the most important jobs in the country. But she’s hardly a household name.
Although Yellen helps steer the economy, hopefully in the right direction, fewer than one in four Americans could identify her as chair of the Federal Reserve in a News IQ survey conducted by Pew Research Center.
Even after her name was read along with three others, 48 percent of respondents admitted not knowing who heads the Fed. The second choice was former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan at 17 percent.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts were third and fourth with six percent and five percent, respectively.
Yellen, the first woman to hold the job as Fed Chair, has a way to go before getting the same kind of recognition as her predecessor, Ben Bernanke. Back in 2009, 45 percent in the News IQ survey knew he was the head honcho at the nation’s central bank.
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