Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen is an American economist who served as Chair of the Federal Reserve (2014–2018) and Secretary of the Treasury (2021–2025)—the first woman to hold either position.
Her name often appears in discussions of monetary policy, inflation, and economic management: Yellen signaled the Fed would raise rates gradually.
Study of aggregate economies
- inflationSustained price level increase
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- Federal ReserveUS central banking system
- fiscal policyState spending and taxation
Keynesian · unemployment · interest rates · quantitative easing · recession · economic recovery · stimulus · deflation
One who sets rules
- Obama administration44th executive branch tenure
- FOMCFed's policy-setting body
- confirmation hearingSenate review of appointee
- Senate testimonyStatements given to lawmakers
press conference · policy statement · government service · public servant · cabinet member · economic advisor · regulatory oversight · financial stability
Bay Area university city
- professorSenior university teacher
- tenureProtected employment status
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- publicationIssued written material
dissertation · lecture · seminar · Yale · Brown · scholarship · peer review · economic theory
macroeconomics
Study of aggregate economies
- inflationSustained price level increase
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- Federal ReserveUS central banking system
fiscal policy · Keynesian · unemployment · interest rates · quantitative easing · recession · economic recovery · stimulus · deflation · central banking
policymaker
One who sets rules
- Obama administration44th executive branch tenure
- FOMCFed's policy-setting body
- confirmation hearingSenate review of appointee
Senate testimony · press conference · policy statement · government service · public servant · cabinet member · economic advisor · regulatory oversight · financial stability · debt ceiling
Berkeley
Bay Area university city
- professorSenior university teacher
- tenureProtected employment status
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
publication · dissertation · lecture · seminar · Yale · Brown · scholarship · peer review · economic theory · teaching
Janet YellenMilton Friedman
Ron Paul · Ayn Rand · supply-sider · Alan Greenspan · Rand Paul
Janet YellenJohn Snow
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