Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that U.S. reliance on foreign supply chains has proved a vulnerability and that the country needs to produce more critical goods domestically to protect its economic and national security.
December 7, 2021Janet Yellen
US Might Need to Produce More of Its Own Goods, Yellen Says

Yellen Warns Delay in Raising Debt Limit Will Slow Economy

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sounded an urgent call Sept. 28 for Congress to raise the government’s borrowing limit, a day after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of a bill that would have done so.
September 28, 2021Yellen Favors Higher Company Tax
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said President Joe Biden favors boosting taxes on companies, and signaled openness to considering raising rates on capital gains, while steering clear of a wealth levy.
February 22, 2021Fed's Yellen Sees Rate Hikes Ahead, But Few Hints on When
PHILADELPHIA — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on June 6 gave a largely upbeat assessment of the U.S. economic outlook and said interest rate hikes are coming, but, in an omission that stood out to some investors, gave little sense of when.
June 6, 2016Trucking Ready for Increases as Interest Rate Hikes Begin
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Dec. 16, announcing a quarter-point increase from the record lows set during the financial crisis of the 2008-2009 recession.
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