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Janet Yellen
Biden: Yellen needs a “Hamilton” musical. Dessa: Here you go.
Jan 21, 2021
We asked indie rapper and "Hamilton Mixtape" contributor Dessa to write a song about the first woman poised to be treasury secretary. Listen here.
Janet Yellen says national recovery is more important than the national debt
Jan 19, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for treasury secretary stressed that if we don't shore up the economy now, we'll have a worse crisis to manage later.
What Janet Yellen would bring — and face — as treasury secretary
Jan 19, 2021
In her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, Yellen is calling on Congress to do more to fight a deep pandemic-induced recession.
Biden announces his "economic think tank"
Nov 30, 2020
The picks for the Council of Economic Advisers are a diverse group. If confirmed, Cecilia Rouse will be the first Black woman to lead the council.
Janet Yellen, Biden's pick for treasury secretary, says U.S. needs more pandemic relief spending
Nov 24, 2020
Yellen, a former Fed chair, has advocated for more spending to aid small businesses and the unemployed during COVID-19.
AP source: Biden taps ex-Fed chair Yellen to lead treasury
Nov 23, 2020
Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department.
Debt, inequality and the coronavirus: A conversation with former Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the World Bank's David Malpass
Feb 4, 2020
The panel discussion also touched on "trade unpleasantness," the slowdown in global growth and interest rates.
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The questions 60 Minutes doesn’t need to ask Yellen, Bernanke and Powell ...
by
Janet Nguyen
Mar 8, 2019
… because Marketplace already did.
How the Fed has changed
Jul 12, 2018
A brief look at how five Fed chairs shifted the culture of the central bank.
Quiz: Who said it? Powell versus Yellen
by
Donna Tam
, Sarah Menendez
and Arjuna Soriano
Feb 27, 2018
The two Fed chairs have very similar mindsets when it comes to monetary policy. Can you even tell the difference?