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Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell (born February 4, 1953) is an American attorney and investment banker who has served since 2018 as the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve.. After earning a degree in politics from Princeton University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979, [2] he moved to investment banking in 1984 and worked for several financial institutions ...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday she believes the U.S. economy is making the “soft landing” that she predicted two years ago, when inflation soared after the pandemic. In a live ...
Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. He worked as a private adviser and provided consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System.It is charged with overseeing the Federal Reserve Banks and with helping implement the monetary policy of the United States.
Steven Mnuchin was born on December 21, 1962, in New York City, the second-youngest son in his family. [8] [9] Mnuchin's family is Jewish.[9] [10] [11] He is the son of Robert E. Mnuchin of Washington, Connecticut, and Elaine Terner Cooper of New York. [12]
Adewale O. "Wally" Adeyemo (born May 20, 1981) is an American government official serving as the United States deputy secretary of the treasury. [1] He was the first president of the Obama Foundation and also served during the Obama administration as the deputy national security advisor for international economics from 2015 to 2016 and deputy director of the National Economic Council.
Janet Yellen, the incumbent Treasury Secretary, is the highest ranking Jewish woman to hold a cabinet post. Two Jewish cabinet secretaries were immigrants to the United States: Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford , and W. Michael Blumenthal , Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter .
Yellin was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, the only daughter of Adele Marilyn (née Adest) and Ira Yellin. [5] [6] [7] She has one brother, Seth. [6]Her father, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, was a prominent real estate developer who focused on restoring older homes and neighborhoods in Los Angeles.