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  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    US economy
    Yellen vows to take hard line against currency manipulation

    Treasury secretary nominee details incoming administration’s international economic policy plans

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Yellen tells confirmation hearing US should ‘act big’

    Treasury nominee says with rates low, lawmakers should spend now and worry about deficits later

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    FT AlphavilleClaire Jones
    What Yellen’s career tells us her views on fiscal policy

    At times an uber-dove on monetary policy, Yellen has been more restrained in her views on fiscal spending. In the near-term, however, yawning deficits are a given.

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Lex
    Lex letter from New York: jobs for the Blob Premium

    Controversies over some of Biden’s nominees centre on their recent entanglements in ‘the swamp’

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    In defence of Janet Yellen

    Speaking fees are a funny way to buy influence.

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    News in-depthMarkets
    Central bankers to retail punters: who shaped markets in 2020

    Our pick of the people who captured the key moments and trends of the year

  • Sunday, 27 December, 2020
    US race relations
    Black leaders urge action to match Janet Yellen’s words on race

    The next Treasury secretary has a long record of advocating for racial equity. Can she now spur change?

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    FT Swamp Notes
    The revolving door Premium

    There is concern among progressives that a Biden administration could end up being a repeat of the Obama years

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Joe Biden’s team of economic reformers

    Without a Democratic Senate, Bidenomics will not get very far

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  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    US politics & policy
    Yellen calls for action to prevent US economic ‘devastation’

    Ex-Fed chair expresses concerns about the poor as she is introduced as next Treasury secretary

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    FT Swamp Notes
    The Dream Team at the Treasury Premium

    The appointments of Janet Yellen and the people around her make for a strong economic team

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    US politics & policy
    Biden appoints women from Obama and Clinton teams to top jobs

    President-elect tries to balance factions in Democratic party with diverse appointments

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    Janet Yellen is the right woman for the times

    The former Fed chair is an ideal pick for Treasury secretary by president-elect Joe Biden

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Person in the News
    Janet Yellen: a Fed veteran ready to take the wheel at the Treasury

    President-elect Joe Biden is likely to propel the broad-minded pragmatist to the top US economic post in a time of crisis

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Brendan Greeley
    How Janet Yellen will deploy her soft power at the Treasury

    Former Fed chair knows how to get other economists to think the way she does

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    US economy
    Yellen prepares for second act at pinnacle of economic policymaking

    Former Fed chair set to take helm at Treasury as coronavirus resurgence threatens recovery

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    US economy
    Biden poised to pick Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary

    Former Fed chair would be first woman to serve in top economic role

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Biden-Harris: what you need to know
    Bidenomics: sharp shift to left touts workers over wealth

    Democratic nominee campaigned as a moderate but claims most progressive economic plan since FDR

  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen: Fed must act on coronavirus

    Reviving crisis-era programmes is a first step but the central bank may need to buy corporate bonds

  • Sunday, 16 February, 2020
    Gavyn Davies
    A crossover of fiscal and monetary policy

    The twin pillars need to work together in the next recession

  • Friday, 7 June, 2019
    Federal Reserve
    Fed considers redefining maximum employment

    US central bank is examining a radical overhaul of its monetary policy framework

  • Sunday, 17 February, 2019
    Climate change
    Surge in US economists’ support for carbon tax to tackle emissions

    Democrats’ ‘Green New Deal’ plan too costly, says Janet Yellen

  • Friday, 11 January, 2019
    Federal Reserve
    Powell backed slowdown in Fed bond-buying in 2013

    Transcripts from central bank meetings showed vigorous debate ahead of ‘taper tantrum’

  • Wednesday, 31 October, 2018
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Yellen is rightly worried about US loan standards

    Unwinding corporate debt will be a challenge as the economy cools

  • Friday, 26 October, 2018
    Lunch with the FT
    Janet Yellen on Trump, Fed politics and nurturing recovery

    The former Federal Reserve chair warns that presidential attacks on her successor ‘undermine stability’

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