The $58 trillion shadow hanging over Trump’s return
Donald Trump’s inauguration and expectations of the tumult he will release on “Day One” of his administration have deflected ...
Janet Yellen admits she inhaled while smoking marijuana: ‘It was okay’
President Joe Biden nominated Janet Yellen, 78, as the first female head of the Treasury Department. She will likely be ...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen praises Biden's pandemic response in farewell address
Yellen said the Biden administration's actions reduced major risks, and noted that inflation fell earlier in the US than in ...
Janet Yellen's Short-Term Thinking Could Cost the U.S. Big
The Treasury Secretary’s debt decisions during the pandemic locked in low rates—but only for two years. Now, taxpayers are ...
Yellen Says US to Take Extraordinary Steps to Avert Default (1)
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will start taking special accounting maneuvers as of Jan. 21 to ...
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Will Janet Yellen be the next chair of the Federal Reserve?
On Sunday, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers withdrew his name from consideration to be the next Federal Reserve chairman. Current Chairman Ben Bernanke steps down in January 2014, and ...
US to hit debt ceiling Tuesday, starting Congress’ countdown clock
The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking extraordinary measures to allow the government to pay its ...