The Latest Breaking News from Janet Yellen

The West has wasted precious time in developing a common strategy.

Ukrainian military used US-supplied longer-range army tactical missile systems to strike nine Russian helicopters in eastern Ukraine

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

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."

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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.