jennings allen has officially taken charge of the us federal reserve she's the first woman to chair the world's most powerful central bank. it's one hundred year history yell and took the oath of office at a ceremony in washington. chile the bank for the next four years she spent the past four years as vice chair under former chief and burning key. she supported his quantitative easing programs and is now expected to continue his work to scale them back. still face pressure to raise interest rates and help improve employment figures eon is scheduled to make her first comments as fed chair at congressional hearings next week. for nikki has joined washington think tank the brookings institution and as the latest in business for this our only be with attack on the markets the eye. it is. the world bank is opening a new office in tokyo in hopes of helping developing nations and better prepare for natural disasters agency opened the tent year disaster risk management on on monday with assistance from the japanese government expense and this country to provide information and technical aid to