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Timothy Geithner

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Timothy Franz Geithner (; born August 18, 1961) is an American economist, central banker, and civil servant.

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Bernie Sanders of Vermont will introduce a bill Tuesday that would prohibit bankers from serving on the board of directors at Federal Reserve regional banks.Sanders, who helped lead the charge to establish audits of the Federal Reserve under the Dodd-Frank financial system overhaul, has recently renewed his criticism of conflicts-of-interest at the central bank."The recent trading loss of more than $2 billion at J.P. Morgan Chase underscores the need to structurally reform the Federal Reserve System," Sanders wrote in a May 16 letter to other senators explaining his legislation. The lawmaker said last week that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) CEO James Dimon's presence on the New York Fed board points to "blatant conflicts of interest" in the central bank's structure.Sanders' bill, which is co-sponsored by Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer of California and Mark Begich of Alaska, would block any banking executives from serving on or selecting any members of the Fed system's...

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