現任美聯儲主席伯南克預計明年1月底結束第二個任期后卸任。除了未來伯南克離任后美國量化寬松政策走向引發關注外，伯南克繼任者的挑選工作也在悄然開始。
The White House has assembled a shortlist of candidates to succeed Federal Reserve Bank chairman Ben Bernanke，a source familiar with the process said，and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is running the search.
白宮已經開始尋找接替美聯儲主席本·伯南克的人選，知情人士透露，美國財政部長雅各布·盧正在負責此事。(路透社)
The search is in the early stages and there is no front-runner，according to these people，who wouldn’t divulge any names on the shortlist. A selection might not be announced until early fall，they said.
知情人士表示，挑選還在早期階段，并沒有明顯的領先者。知情人士不愿透露任何人員名單。甄選可能要到初秋才能宣布。(《華爾街日報》)
The president，while praising Mr. Bernanke in a TV interview this month with Charlie Rose，said Mr. Bernanke has “already stayed a lot longer than he wanted or he was supposed to.”The two men met at the White House in February and Mr. Bernanke said in March they had spoken “a bit”about his future. He declined at a news conference last week to say more about his future.
總統本月在接受電視采訪中對伯南克進行了表揚，說伯南克已經比他自己想要或者說打算在位的時間呆得更長了。兩人曾經于2月份在白宮相見，伯南克在3月份表示他們談論了一些關于他本人未來的事宜。不過，伯南克上周拒絕在新聞發布會上對他的去留透露更多。(華爾街日報)
“But many of Bernanke’s friends and associates believe he wants to step down when his term expires，”the Journal said.
據稱，伯南克的許多朋友和同事都相信在其任期屆滿之時，他希望能離任。(《衛報》)
There was no information on who is on the list，although Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen，former Obama adviser Lawrence Summers and former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are considered to be likely leading choices.
沒有消息表明誰在伯南克繼任人的名單上，不過美聯儲副主席耶倫、前奧巴馬顧問勞倫斯·薩默斯和前財政部長蓋特納被認為是可能的首選人員。(《獨立報》)
伯南克的繼任人必須能夠妥善地結束伯南克的寬松貨幣政策。一旦美聯儲過快地改變政策，可能會抑制復蘇。而如果政策拖延時間太長，又可能引起通貨膨脹或者新的資產泡沫。
Ms. Yellen has been an outspoken advocate of the Fed’s easy-money policies. Her involvement in formulating those policies could give her an advantage at the White House，by knowing how they work and how they can be reversed. She also has drawbacks，including a lack of market experience at a time when markets are especially nervous.
耶倫夫人是美聯儲寬松貨幣政策的積極倡導者，她對于制定這些政策的參與可能會在白宮獲得優勢，因為她了解政策如何運作，又可以如何逆轉。不過她也有弱點，就是缺乏對付在市場極為緊張時刻的經驗。(華爾街日報)
Lawrence Summers，the former head of Mr. Obama’s National Economic Council，is also seen as a contender. Mr. Summers served as Treasury secretary under Mr. Clinton and is close to many of Mr. Obama’s top economic advisers.He is widely viewed in the administration as a top economist. But he faces obstacles，too，including questions about how he would fit into the Fed’s culture.
勞倫斯·薩默斯是前奧巴馬國家經濟委員會顧問，他也被認為是美聯儲主席的競爭者。薩默斯先生是克林頓總統的財政部長，接近奧巴馬的許多高級經濟顧問。他被決策層廣泛地認為是一個高級經濟學家。但是他也面對一些障礙，包括如何適應美聯儲的文化。(《華爾街日報》)
Other respected economists whom the White House might consider include two former Fed vice chairmen，Princeton University professor Alan Blinder and Roger Ferguson，who advised Mr. Obama’s first campaign for president in 2008，and Christina Romer，the former head of Mr. Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. Timothy Geithner，Mr.Obama’s former Treasury Secretary，is sometimes mentioned as a potential successor to Mr. Bernanke，though Mr. Geithner has said he doesn’t want the job.
其他白宮可能考慮的受尊敬的經濟學家包括兩位前美聯儲副主席，普林斯頓大學教授艾倫·布林德和克里斯蒂娜·羅默，后者是前奧巴馬經濟顧問委員會的頭。奧巴馬的前財政部長蓋特納有時也會被認為是伯南克的潛在繼任者，不過蓋特納表示他并不想要這份工作。(《華爾街日報》)
此外，央行的前成員，包括唐納德·科恩和斯坦利·費希爾，有時也會被認為將是伯南克繼任者的候選人。