Tag: Janet Yellen
Senate confirms Janet Yellen as US Treasury secretary
The U.S. Senate confirmed former Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen on Monday as the 78th U.S. Treasury secretary and the first female to lead the 231-year-old U.S. Treasury Department.
The final tally was 84-15.
The 74-year-old,...
Biden names top economics picks, both Jewish: Janet Yellen, Jared Bernstein
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced on Monday that he will nominate former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen to be secretary of the Treasury.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Yellen, who is Jewish, would...