WASHINGTON -- When asked about her legacy as the first woman to serve as U.S. Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen spoke not about her own place in history, but about lifting up American families, ...

In a whirlwind visit to the Brandeis campus on Oct. 28, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Federal Reserve Chair and economics ...

Janet Yellen has, as expected, now been confirmed by the Senate as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. When she takes over for the departing Ben Bernanke, whose last day is January 31, she will ...

The Biden administration’s spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID pandemic may have contributed a little bit to inflation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview ...

The US will need to take "extraordinary measures" to avoid defaulting on its debt as early as January 14, Treasury Secretary ...

President Obama never had an easy path to winning confirmation for the next head of the Federal Reserve. But he's decided to make it all the more difficult by introducing Janet Yellen at a time when ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is concerned about the nation’s “fiscal sustainability” this week and said she’s “sorry” that “more progress” wasn’t achieved during the Biden administration. Yellen ...

The Biden administration’s spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed a little bit to inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an ...

Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the story of when she first smoked marijuana and thought it was "neither here nor there." President Joe Biden nominated Yellen, 78, as the first female ...

But the widespread rise in prices that marred the Democrat's administration was mostly "a supply-side phenomenon" caused by the pandemic itself, Yellen told CNBC's "Money Movers" in an exit interview ...

In a recent op-ed for the Financial Times, Yellen criticized Trump’s move to “fire” Cook, stating that it is not only illegal but also poses a significant threat to the independence and credibility of ...