Janet Yellen

Senator John Barrasso said that Trump "was blockaded" by Democrats "every step along the way to get his people and this Cabinet nominated."

The former Fed Chair has a mixed record on fiscal policy, having called for debt-reduction measures that are closer to austerity but also touting the need for "extraordinary fiscal support" in the pandemic.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to serve as the next U.S. Treasury Secretary.

The former Federal Reserve chair called for Americans to receive "extraordinary" support amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lael Brainard, Elizabeth Warren and Janet Yellen are tipped to be Biden's Treasury Secretary. Here's what they've said about a second stimulus deal.

The former chair of the Federal Reserve made the suggestion during a conference call with House Democrats on how the coronavirus pandemic is hurting the economy.

The Massachusetts senator and Democratic 2020 presidential candidate is pledging to overhaul the U.S. economy with a number of reforms.

"The global economy has weakened. I think partly it's because of conflicts over trade and the uncertainty that's caused for businesses," Yellen said.

Janet Yellen, who was chair of the Federal Reserve until 2018, said President Donald Trump lacks economic knowledge.

Yellen's policies as the Federal Reserve chairwoman helped lower unemployment and spur the country's economic recovery after the 2008 financial crisis, but her legacy will partially depend in part on her successor, Jerome Powell.

Powell is popular within the Federal Reserve system, where he's been a governor since 2012.

The administration is hoping to make a decision within the next two or three weeks, and President Donald Trump has already met with a few candidates.

The Fed's upbeat assessment of the economy contrasts with Trump's belief that the nation has only begun to embark on a path of economic renewal.

The Republican presidential nominee questioning the motives of an institution whose work hinges on maintaining its independence.

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and signaled it still planned to raise rates twice in 2016.

Fears of a China-led global slowdown, along with oil's steep slide, have dampened the market's expectations for a hike.

The Fed hiked rates for the first time in nearly a decade on December 16.

Even projections for future rate hikes have coalesced.

The move was expected and signals a recovery in the economy since the 2008 financial crisis.

A small hike in U.S. interest rates is almost inevitable on Wednesday. The big question is: What happens next?

Yellen spoke a week after the Fed delayed a long-anticipated rate hike.

Yellen appeared to lose her place and stopped several times during a speech in Amherst.

The U.S. central bank said an array of global risks and other factors had convinced it to delay the hike.

After months of speculation, federal policymakers could raise interest rates on Thursday.

The Fed offered a strong signal that it was on track to raise interest rates sometime next year.

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Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen signaled that rational exuberance is just fine, at least that's how money managers interpreted her comments on Wednesday