The Latest Breaking News from Janet Yellen

The United States and China are the two global economic heavyweights

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she and her Chinese counterpart have agreed to work toward a “healthy economic relationship,” during two days of talks that she said helped lay the groundwork for a productive meeting next week between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Washington wants to build an economic relationship with Beijing that takes into account national security and human rights and is fair to both sides

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Latin America to trade more with the United States as part of an initiative that so far has failed to disrupt China’s dominance in global manufacturing

Stan Druckenmiller says a long-held belief that the stock market will always go up in the long term may no longer be the case.

The hedge funder argued that the Treasury Secretary “has no right” to still be in her job.

With these clear, crisp portraits of the economists who shaped her worldview, the shadow chancellor has set out a powerful statement of who she is and what she wants to achieve

In this time of war, the quiet U.S.-China dialogue is a significant factor for peace

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