#Janet Yellen says she plans to remain as Treasury secretary

#Janet Yellen says she plans to remain as Treasury secretary

“Janet Yellen says she plans to remain as Treasury secretary” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said she “certainly” planned to stay on in her job for the duration of President Joe Biden’s term, dismissing speculation she was considering leaving after this month’s midterm elections. Yellen told an event hosted by the New York Times Dealbook she had no plans to…

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#Fed still ‘much too optimistic’ on inflation

#Fed still ‘much too optimistic’ on inflation

“Fed still ‘much too optimistic’ on inflation” Ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned that the Federal Reserve’s forecasts on inflation have been “much too optimistic” so far — and warned that the US economy is teetering on the edge of a recession. Summers, an early and frequent critic of the Fed’s response to surging inflation that…

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