Yellen's studied, academic, consensus-friendly approach is also another plus in her favor – particularly in comparison to Larry Summers, her bright but brash rival for the job.
"Best I've seen since Roger Byrne," reckoned the Joy of Six's dad's Uncle Mick - not much of an accolade on the face of it, given a period of only ten years, but the comparison was intended as the highest compliment.
BBC1's figures held up better by comparison with the last general election in 2005, when the network averaged 4.7 million.
Under the new regime, a basic-rate taxpayer would be able to save around £70,000 in a top-paying easy access account before any of their interest was subject to tax, while the equivalent figure for higher-rate taxpayers was around £35,000, according to comparison website MoneySuperMarket.
As a comparison, the best Android Wear watches manage three days, while the Apple Watch is expected to need a nightly recharge.
"The recent opening of a Vivienne Westwood boutique and the creativity coming out of the renowned fashion school at Northumbria University certainly bears Parisian comparison".
They wrote: "The comparison between observation based estimates of [warming] … and model-based estimates is comparing apples and pears, as the models are calculating true global means, whereas the observations have limited coverage".
Ukraine by comparison has at best 14,500 personnel, 10 naval vessels that are still perilously berthed at Sevastopol just up the bay from their Russian adversaries.
"I just did a crude comparison - and it was back when the pound was strong - which is why we ended up with a £25,000 commitment in the UK".
In comparison to western cities such as London, as well as cities in Brazil and South Africa, Mumbai has very low levels of car ownership.
Such books are not often produced today, because, as Mr Toynbee shows in his witty comparison of historical and industrial production, they are discouraged by the turn that the writing of history has taken.
