The Latest Breaking News from Janet Yellen

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said interest rates are not causing “dysfunction” in the market.

The Dow Jones rallied as investors shook off geopolitical worries. Janet Yellen made an oil price pledge. Some Warren Buffett stocks popped.

The Treasury Department released guidelines on Sept. 19 aiming to promote net-zero finance. The next day, six left-leaning senators, including Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen encouraging her to enact additional financial regulations related to climate and carbon emissions. 

Ed Yardeni believes bond vigilantes are attempting to spike Treasury yields in protest against unsustainable fiscal policy—but the Treasury Secretary isn’t so sure.

Janet Yellen's interest rate predictions, recession outlook, and thoughts on semiconductors and China.

"I don’t believe we should decouple at all from China," the Treasury Secretary told Fortune CEO Alan Murray, "but I do think we need to derisk."

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding the alarm about the damage a government shutdown could do to the U.S. economy. "It's really reckless and will impose immediate harm," Yellen told NPR.

Over 3 million children are about to lose their government-funded care, and that’s about to punch a $9 billion hole in the economy. What's a mom to do?

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

The U.S. government spent $80 billion to hire 87,000 more IRS employees, and they are about to be put to work.