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The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a group of individuals, firms and vessels connected to an oil smuggling outfit said to benefit the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Treasury Department now taking ‘extraordinary measures’ on debt

The TSP previously assured the public that “G Fund investors remain fully protected and G Fund earnings are fully guaranteed by the federal government.”

By Josh Boak

2 weeks ago

In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo former Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with FOX Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau in Washington.

Biden to nominate Yellen, highlight diversity on econ team

Biden announced he would nominate Janet Yellen, the former Federal Reserve chair, to lead the Treasury Department, and former Clinton and Obama adviser Neera Tanden to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget.

By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press

2 years ago

Powell sworn in as 16th chairman of Federal Reserve

President Donald Trump picked Powell after deciding to break with recent tradition and not offer Janet Yellen, the first woman to lead the nation’s central bank in its 100-year history, a second four-year term.

5 years ago

Trump indicates Fed search down to 5 finalists

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is likely to make his selection for the next Federal Reserve chairman from five candidates, a group that includes current Chair Janet Yellen.

By Martin Crutsinger

5 years ago

Yellen defends bank regulations passed after 2008 crisis

In a speech to an annual conference of central bankers, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen implicitly rejected efforts to scrap the 2010 Dodd-Frank law as a threat to the economy.

By Martin Crutsinger

5 years ago

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