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Apr 05

Yellen calls for minimum global corporate income tax

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Citing a "thirty-year race to the bottom" in which countries have slashed corporate tax rates, Yellen said the Biden administration would work with other advanced economies in the so-called G20 to set a minimum.

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Mar 23

WATCH: Yellen, Powell say more needed to promote pandemic recovery

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The two officials struck upbeat notes on the future of the economy in their prepared testimony Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee while cautioning that the economy still needs help.

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Mar 08

Yellen says women face many obstacles in economics careers

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Janet Yellen, the first woman to head the U.S. Treasury Department, says women seeking to pursue careers in economics face a number of obstacles.

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Mar 05

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the need to go big with COVID relief

As the debate over an economic relief bill continues in the Senate, the surge in hiring in February suggests that the prospects of a better spring ahead for the U.S. economy. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joins Judy Woodruff to discuss…

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Feb 05

WATCH: Harris, Yellen meet with Black Chambers of Commerce members in virtual roundtable

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says America has some "tough months ahead" in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and for that reason it is critical that Congress pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package.

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Jan 26

Harris swears in Janet Yellen as treasury secretary

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Yellen became the third of President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominations to win Senate approval on a vote of 84-15 late Monday. All of the no votes came from Republican senators.

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Jan 25

WATCH: Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary

By Martin Crutsinger, Brian Slodysko, Associated Press

Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve, was approved by the Senate on a 84-15 vote, becoming the third member of Biden’s Cabinet to win confirmation.

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Jan 22

WATCH: Janet Yellen nomination as treasury secretary clears committee

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The Senate Finance Committee approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th Treasury secretary on Friday, and supporters said they hoped to get the full Senate to approve it later in the day, making her…

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Jan 19

WATCH: Janet Yellen’s full opening statement at Senate confirmation hearing

By Associated Press

Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen is calling on Congress to do more to fight a deep pandemic-induced recession, saying the threats of a longer and even worse downturn are too great to cut back on support now.

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Jan 18

WATCH: Treasury nominee Janet Yellen testifies at confirmation hearing

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

“More must be done,” Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee during her confirmation hearing. “Without further action, we risk a longer, more painful recession now — and long-term scarring of the economy later.”…

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