Americans don’t know who runs the Federal Reserve
A news quiz for you from the Pew Research Center:
Of the following four people, which one runs the Federal Reserve?
The answer choices were:
a) Janet Yellen… correctly picked by 24 percent of people.
b) John Roberts… 5 percent.
c) Sonia Sotomayor… 6 percent.
d) And this one, the troubling part: Alan Greenspan… 17 percent.
Those who admitted to not knowing? Forty-eight percent.
Who's in charge of the @federalreserve? Don't bank on public knowing the answer http://t.co/2XF7CwRMRX pic.twitter.com/NQdBOT9W9I
— PewResearch FactTank (@FactTank) October 6, 2014
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