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Learn about the life and career of Janet Yellen, the first woman to serve as the chair of the Federal Reserve and the secretary of the treasury. Find out her academic achievements, political appointments, and views on macroeconomics and labor economics.
Learn about the history, powers, functions, and current holder of the office of the U.S. secretary of the treasury, the chief financial officer of the federal government. The web page also lists all the secretaries of the treasury from 1789 to present.
George Akerlof is an American economist and Nobel laureate who married Janet Yellen, the current US Treasury secretary, in 1978. He taught at Berkeley, LSE, and Georgetown, and co-authored several papers with Yellen on efficiency wages and identity economics.
Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair. One might hope the incoming treasury secretary would be good with money. Janet Yellen’s Net Worth: $16 Million.
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. president at 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm), according to a Wikipedia article that lists the heights of all presidents and presidential candidates. The article also compares the heights of the winners and losers of presidential elections and discusses the role of height in politics.
The U.S. dollar saw an 8% decline in its share of global reserves in 2022 — causing some to question whether the dollar’s days of dominance are over.
To Yellen’s point, the federal government’s interest payments represented 1.86% of GDP in 2022, according to Federal Reserve data. That’s in line with the historical average since 1960 of ...
Ben Bernanke is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. He oversaw the Fed's response to the financial crisis, received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2022, and wrote a book about his experience as chairman.