Janet Yellen

The U.S. economy added a higher-than-expected 303,000 new jobs in March, while the unemployment rate was still below 4 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tech industry layoffs continue, with the most recent being Apple. It’s letting go of over 600 workers in California. The cuts are reportedly from its Apple Car and […]

President Joe Biden had his first phone call on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. President Biden warned that future U.S. support depends on Israel implementing new steps to protect civilians and aid workers. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee has denied former President Donald Trump’s […]

Will the United States increase its tariffs on China? Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said it’s a possibility, as she just touched down in China Thursday. President Joe Biden is telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. posture on the war now hinges on Israel’s efforts to reduce civilian harm. How could a deadly […]

President Joe Biden will speak by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 4, three days after an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers. The White House said President Biden was “outraged and heartbroken” by the attack, but the president has made no fundamental change in the United States’ steadfast […]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on the Biden administration’s efforts to lower health care and prescription drug costs through the Inflation Reduction Act at 11:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 13.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers on Feb. 8 that she is “concerned” that increased vacancy rates in the commercial real estate market combined with higher interest rates could create some “stress” for smaller banks. Ms. Yellen told a Senate Banking Committee hearing that falling demand in commercial real estate—especially for office buildings in metropolitan […]

Janet Yellen, the chairperson of the Financial Stability Oversight Council testifies to the House Financial Committee’s hearing on the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s annual report at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 6.  

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will deliver remarks on the state of the U.S. economy and investments the Biden administration has made in the middle class, according to the Treasury Department. She will deliver the remarks at the Chicago Economic Club at 1:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 25.

The U.S. economy has achieved the goal of a “soft landing” as inflation slows without enduring an economic downturn, says Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Appearing on CNN shortly after the release of the December jobs report on Jan. 5, Ms. Yellen revealed that she thinks the current economic conditions could be described as a soft […]

After two days of meetings with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in San Francisco, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that the United States does not seek to decouple its economy from China’s. “I think we have to decouple in key areas, I would call it strategic decoupling,” Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) said […]

Cutting funding to the IRS would be a “damaging and irresponsible” policy that would negatively affect U.S. taxpayers, says Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Ms. Yellen took aim at a House Republican-led proposal that rescinds $14.3 billion from the tax-collecting agency to cover the cost of an emergency aid package for Israel following the deadly Hamas […]

A decoupling of the United States and China would have disastrous consequences for the global economy, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Ms. Yellen’s remarks come ahead of the much-anticipated Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden would meet with Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping on the […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks at 1:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 2 to the Asia Society in Washington, DC.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday criticized the recent decision by Fitch Ratings to downgrade the U.S. long-term credit rating, which dealt a major blow to the world’s largest economy. “Fitch’s decision is puzzling in light of the economic strength we see in the United States,” Ms. Yellen said during a speech at an IRS […]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tried to assure Americans that a recession is not coming. Jonathan Williams, the Chief Economist and Executive Vice President of Policy at the American Legislative Exchange Council, speaks on Ms. Yellen’s comment.  

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is slated to visit India and Vietnam, two nations where she’s urged U.S. companies to migrate their operations.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in China on a four-day visit with a focus on easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies. NTD spoke with Peter Navarro, former White House Trade Advisor during the Trump Administration, and Co-Author of ‘Death by China.’