Janet Yellen

Yellen's signature will grace U.S. paper currency.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen indicated that President Biden is open to pursuing a wealth tax as a means of paying for his multitrillion-dollar agenda and addressing the nation's swelling federal budget deficit. 

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen believes that 2022 will see a return to full employment, crediting the recently passed COVID-19 relief bill as a major step down the path toward recovery.

Janet Yellen, the first woman to head the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department, says women seeking to pursue careers in economics face a number of obstacles from the way beginning economics courses are taught to overly aggressive questioning in college seminars.

Tesla and bitcoin are falling in tandem. Is there a connection?

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned about an "explosion of risk" from digital markets, including the misuse of cryptocurrencies that can be used to launder to profits of online drug traffickers and to finance terrorism. 

As GameStop and other heavily shorted stocks remain in play, financial regulators are under pressure to address whether any wrong doing is taking place.

President Biden on Tuesday said he supported a proposal from House Democrats that would send $1,400 stimulus checks to Americans earning up to $75,000 annually.

President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with some of the nation's top chief executives including JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon and Walmart's Doug McMillon on Tuesday to drum up support for his nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package. 

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen downplayed fears of inflation as the Biden administration pushes a $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.

Former Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart reveals his expectations for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's meeting with regulators on the short-selling frenzy.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that her meeting with top federal regulators later this morning will focus on whether recent market volatility warrants "further action." 

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is dealing with her first crisis.

Yellen will convene heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a Treasury official said on Tuesday.

Yellen intends to work on combating the climate crisis, systemic racism and the economic crisis.

Yellen is the first woman to have led the U.S. central bank.

The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen, the former chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, as Treasury secretary on Friday afternoon, putting into place a battle-tested economist who will help implement the Biden administration's plan to prop up the nation's pandemic-scarred economy. 

The Fed spent 2020 combating the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic with interest-rate cuts, bond purchases and emergency lending programs.

Republicans called for her to work with them in developing economic policies.

President Biden's nominee for treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, said Thursday that the president's "offshoring tax penalty" would incentivize U.S. companies to "create and maintain jobs at home."