#yellin — Public Fediverse posts
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Trump can only afford to lose the support of four Republican senators in a vote for a new #Fed chair
-- which means #Tillis and #Murkowski’s vows not to support any nominee until the case against Powell is resolved carry significant weight.
A bipartisan group of economists who have served under US presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan
—including former Federal Reserve Chairs Alan #Greenspan, Ben #Bernanke, and Janet #Yellin
—released a joint statement on Monday denouncing what they described as an effort to strong-arm the Federal Reserve into doing the president’s bidding.https://www.commondreams.org/news/jerome-powell-investigation-backlash
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CW: Sec'y Yellin: Economy not at risk of recession
US Treasury Secretary #Yellin says the US economy is on a glide path to a soft landing 'with no significant layoffs', increasing some pressure on the Federal Reserve to make more than usual interest rate cuts before the end of the year https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/07/yellen-says-us-economy-remains-solid-heading-toward-soft-landing.html
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CW: US aims to counter China's growing influence
US aims to counter #China's influence in international organizations, says Treasury Secretary Janet #Yellin. Quite a few Americans consider the USA to be in decline, and I, for one, don't understand why this woman still has a job, given a record of US financial disaster and cost of living crisis https://www.reuters.com/world/us-aims-counter-chinas-influence-global-institutions-yellen-says-2023-03-29/
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CW: Yellen explains plans for IRS reform
Treasury Secretary #Yellin explains how the #IRS will be reformed by the $80 billion grant, and how it would target the wealthy and corporations, improving technology and taxpayer services https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/yellen-outlines-planned-changes-irs-80b-overhaul
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CW: Yellen says prepare for rising gas prices this Winter
US #Treasury Secretary #Yellin sees a probable spike in gasoline (petrol) prices in the US, as supplies are sparse in Europe, and the reserves in the US are at historic lows https://fortune.com/2022/09/12/why-is-gas-price-falling-will-increase-janet-yellen-risk/
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CW: Suspension of Federal Gas Tax under consideration
US #Treasury Secy #Yellin says a suspension of the Federal Task force 'is on the table' [meaning in US vernacular, under consideration]. It's 18.4 cents per gallon of gas. https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/11/federal-gas-tax-suspension-janet-yellen/
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CW: US Treasury Sec: another year of ultra high inflation
US Treasury Secretary #Yellin tells Americans that another year of "very uncomfortably high" inflation is expected. (There is no such thing as 'comfortable inflation for working folk). https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/10/treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-says-inflation-could-be-high-for-a-year.html