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Larry Summers has withdrawn his name from consideration for the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Via our colleague Zachary Goldfarb, here's the letter he sent Sunday to President Obama. And stay tuned for more Wonkb...

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Read President Obama's public statement on Larry Summers's withdrawal from consideration as Federal Reserve chairman.

Larry Summers, the brilliant-but-polarizing former treasury secretary who had been the front-runner to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, has pulled out. Here is Summers's letter to the president.

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Lawrence Summers, the former U.S. Treasury secretary, has called President Barack Obama to say he is pulling out of the contest to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

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President Barack Obama has released a statement on Larry Summers' stunning withdrawal of his name from consideration to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve Board.  Here's the statement: "Earlier today, I spoke with...

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WASHINGTON -- Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers has withdrawn his name from consideration to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve chairman, President Obama said Sunday.     

Larry Summers is out for next Fed Chair. So who will replace Ben Bernanke? Many think the momentum will now swing to current Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen. But back in July, former Fed Vice Chair Donald Kohn's name was flo...

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The big news right now is that Larry Summers is withdrawing his name from candidacy for Fed Chair. Summers withdrew from consideration in a letter to President Obama citing the likely acrimonious nature of any Senate nom...

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