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Janet Yellen
Janet Louise Yellen is an American economist who served as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury from 2021 to 2025 and as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She was the first woman to hold either position, and has also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Yellen is the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and Economics at th…
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2026· 3 entries
San Diego Jewish World: Today’s Jewish birthday: Janet Yellen
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Public attention spiked: 8,735 Wikipedia readers in one day, 14.7× the usual 595, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 4 entries
AOL: Janet Yellen says America would be ‘lucky to skirt a recession’
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Wall Street Journal: Janet Yellen
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New York Post: Janet Yellen says COVID spending may have contributed ‘little bit’ to inflation in rare admission by Biden official
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Joined the board of advisors for Angeleno Group, a private equity and venture capital firm focused on sustainable energy investments
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2024· 7 entries
CBS News: Janet Yellen tells Congress that U.S. could hit debt limit in mid-January
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CNBC: Secret Service agent opens fire near home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Washington
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USA Today rated the claim “Janet Yellen resigned as treasury secretary as of Nov. 24” False.
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Yahoo: Janet Yellen resigned as treasury secretary as of Nov. 24? Not true | Fact check
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Yahoo: Janet Yellen didn't name Trump in her big speech, but her fears of his anti-regulation stance loomed large
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Janet Yellen posing with Chinese women in Guangzhou in 2024.” False.
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Became a full professor of economics at the UNSW Business School in Sydney
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2023· 10 entries
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USA Today rated the claim “Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was arrested” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “In September 2023, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was arrested on suspicion of treason and defrauding the United Statues.” Labeled Satire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Janet Yellen arrested for treason.”” Pants on Fire.
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Awarded Global Citizen Awards (2023).
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President Biden signed into law bipartisan congressional legislation that suspended the public debt limit throughout his first term in office, therefore ending the ongoing debt-ceiling crisis
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Yellen laid out three principal objectives of the Biden administration's economic approach toward China
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Amidst the banking crisis, Yellen made an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation and affirmed that financial regulators closely monitored the state of the banking system to make sure it remained safe and well-capitalized
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Yellen made a surprise visit to Kyiv, in which she reaffirmed ongoing U
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Would result in an increase of $150 billion in annual tax revenues
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2022· 5 entries
Following months of lobbying and negotiations by the United States, the emerging alliance of the G7 nations, the European Union, and Australia agreed to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 per barrel as an upper limit, w
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Claimed: “"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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During a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Yellen made comments on the economic consequences of Roe v
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Yellen advised against the supply chain risks posed by reliance on commodities from countries that aligned with authoritarian regimes like Russia or China and favored friendshoring strategy, an approach that limits suppl
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At American University's Kogod School of Business Center for Innovation, Yellen addressed for the first time the growing impact of digital assets on the American economy
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2021· 7 entries
Claimed: “President Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan “is fully paid for, or even more than fully paid for. And CBO just completed a comprehensive review of it in which they found essentially the same thing.”” — rated Two Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Yellen, in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, again called for an increase in the debt ceiling; otherwise, sometime in October, the Treasury expected to exhaust its cash reserves, which would trigger a financial crisi
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Yellen sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders in which she urged lawmakers to increase or suspend the nation's debt limit as soon as possible before it hit its statutory limit in Augu
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Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) agreed to reinstate a minimum worldwide corporate tax rate of at least 15% as part of a landmark deal to modernize the international tax system, while
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Claimed: ““Corporate income has increased as a share of” gross domestic product.” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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And was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the following day
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Treasury (2021–2025).
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2020· 3 entries
President-elect Joe Biden nominated Yellen to serve as secretary of the treasury; she was confirmed by the U
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Then-President-elect Biden announced he would nominate Yellen as Treasury Secretary in his cabinet
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At the hearing of the House Select Oversight Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, which was set up by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, former Federal Reserve chairs Bernanke and Yellen testified about the
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2019· 2 entries
In an interview with Marketplace, when asked if she believed Trump has "a grasp of macroeconomic policy," Yellen replied, "No, I do not
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Under the Trump administration and, according to Yellen, "created inappropriate hurdles as part of the designation process
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2018· 4 entries
The Hutchins Center announced Yellen, James H
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Yellen enforced enormous sanctions on Wells Fargo, which was the third-largest U
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The Brookings Institution announced that Yellen would join the think tank as a distinguished fellow in residence with the Economic Studies program, effective February 5, 2018
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Said, "If I had a magic wand, I would raise taxes and cut retirement spending
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2017· 1 entry
Yellen stated that she did not expect another financial crisis "in our lifetime" because she thought banks were "much stronger" as a result of Federal Reserve oversight
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2016· 1 entry
Won Radcliffe Medal (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
The Federal Reserve under Yellen increased its key interest rate for the first time since 2006
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Awarded Elizabeth Blackwell Award (2015).
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2014· 5 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (2014).
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And was previously elected as FOMC chair on January 30
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Was confirmed as chair of the Federal Reserve by a vote of 56–26, the narrowest margin ever for the position until Kevin Warsh's nomination in 2026
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“while real estate, equities, and corporate bond prices have risen appreciably and valuation metrics have increased they were generally in line with historical norms.”
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Career landmark: Chair of the Federal Reserve (2014–2018).
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2013· 1 entry
Yellen was officially nominated to replace Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve, the first vice chair ever to be elevated to that post
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded 50 Most Influential (2012).
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Awarded Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (2012).
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2010· 3 entries
Yellen, along with Raskin, was confirmed by the Senate on a voice vote to be both a member of the board of governors and vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System
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Awarded Adam Smith Award (2010).
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President Barack Obama nominated Yellen to succeed Donald Kohn as vice chair of the Federal Reserve
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2009· 1 entry
Yellen said that the Federal Reserve should consider raising interest rates earlier to prevent another housing bubble
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2005· 1 entry
While serving as Harvard University's president
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2004· 2 entries
The Federal Reserve announced that Yellen would replace Robert T
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Career landmark: president (2004–2010).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from Bard College (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
And remained an active faculty member until she was appointed president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in 2004
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from Brown University (1998).
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1997· 4 entries
Won Wilbur Cross Medal (1997).
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Thereby becoming the second woman to serve as chief economic advisor to the president after Laura Tyson
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Career landmark: chairperson (1997–1999).
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Career landmark: Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (1997–1999).
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1996· 2 entries
Yellen joined the Clinton administration as chair of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), replacing Joseph Stiglitz in office
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Aims to explain why out-of-wedlock births have grown considerably in previous decades in the United States
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1994· 2 entries
Yellen was appointed to a full 14-year term and assumed the seat vacated by Republican Wayne Angell
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President Bill Clinton announced his intention to nominate Yellen as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, alongside Alan Blinder, who has been designated as vice chairman
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1986).
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1982· 1 entry
As well as the title of full professor in 1985
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1980· 2 entries
Career landmark: university teacher (1980).
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Yellen joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, where she taught at the Haas School of Business to conduct macroeconomics research and teach undergraduate and MBA students for more than two decades
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1978· 1 entry
Career landmark: lecturer (1978–1980).
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1977· 2 entries
Career landmark: economist (1977–1978).
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Yellen took a job within the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors after failing to win tenure at Harvard; she was recruited as a staff economist for the Board of Governors by Edwin M
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1971· 1 entry
Career landmark: university teacher (1971–1976).
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1967· 1 entry
And earned her master's and PhD in economics from Yale University in 1971
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1946· 2 entries
Born 1946-08-13.
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To a family of Polish Jewish ancestry in the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, neighborhood of New York City, and grew up there
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