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Janet Yellen

  1. the money game
    The Man Who Invented the Trillion-Dollar CoinAtlanta lawyer Carlos Mucha was just spitballing on a financial blog. He didn’t expect Washington, D.C., to listen.
    By Alex Carp
  2. the inside game
    Could Biden’s Post-Midterm Pivot Start at Treasury?Janet Yellen has become a face of the inflation problem. Business-friendly Gina Raimondo is rumored as a potential successor.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  3. explainer
    What Is Congress Even Doing Right Now? A Brief Guide.Congress is tangled in interlocking bills and delayed crises. Here’s the real status and deadline on reconciliation, the debt ceiling, and the rest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    Raising the Debt Ceiling Is Now a Slightly Less Nightmarish TaskThe parliamentarian says Democrats can lift the debt limit without derailing Biden’s agenda, no GOP votes required. But it’s still a tricky maneuver.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. debt limit
    Democrats Appear Ready to Play Game of Chicken on Debt LimitThey’re gambling on forcing Republicans to cooperate, which is no sure thing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. biden administration
    Biden to Nominate Janet Yellen for Treasury SecretaryThe 74-year-old labor economist would be the first female Treasury head in America’s history.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. the top line
    The World’s Best BureaucratAs chairman of the Federal Reserve during the pandemic, Jerome Powell has managed to do something almost unimaginable in Washington: a good job.
    By Josh Barro
  8. climate change
    Bipartisan Group of Economists Endorses (Surprisingly Robust) Carbon TaxSome of the GOP’s top economists just called on the government to (gradually) euthanize the fossil fuel industry and establish a tiny UBI.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. The 3 Claims Republicans Are Making About Their Tax Bill’s EffectsSome of the good things tax cuts produce are ephemeral; others could backfire.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Federal Reserve Raises Rates, Gives Sunny Economic Forecast for 2018The central bank expects growth to be higher, and unemployment lower, next year than it is already.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Trump Just Handed the Keys to Our Economy to a Sensible Centrist — ProbablyMeet Jerome Powell, the new Federal Reserve chair. His economic views are largely unknown.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. Gary Cohn Was Set to Be the Next Fed Chairman, Then He Criticized TrumpThe president was reportedly angry that Cohn publicly criticized him over his “many sides” response to Charlottesville.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  13. Fed Chair Warns Trump Not to Roll Back Wall Street RegulationsJanet Yellen offered a vigorous defense of financial reform on Friday — and may have jeopardized her future at the central bank in the process.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Gary Cohn Is the Front-runner to Replace Yellen As Fed Chair: ReportThe former Goldman Sachs president could soon lead one of the most powerful regulators of Wall Street.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. Fed Raises Interest Rates As Quietly As PossibleIn one of Washington’s strangest rituals, Fed Chair Janet Yellen tried to announce an interest-rate hike without raising any eyebrows.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Janet Yellen Raises Interest Rates, Risks Riling Up TrumpThe Fed and its chairman bumped rates by a quarter point but didn’t change growth forecasts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. November Jobs Report: Here Come Higher Interest RatesThe status quo jobs report for November eliminates any doubt that interest rates will go up next month, and Trump’s policies could push them higher.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Janet Yellen: We May Need a New Economic Paradigm to Recover From the CrisisThe fed chair suggests a “high-pressure” policy may be required to restore growth. That’s good news for progressives.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Trump Accuses Yellen of Trying to Improve the Economy Through Monetary PolicyTrump says the Fed chair is only keeping rates low so that the economy won’t crash — and she should be “ashamed of herself” for doing so.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. The Strong Jobs Reports Could Create Some Complications for Hillary ClintonCries for higher interest rates grow louder as the economy improves, particularly from Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Ted Cruz and John Kasich Want Higher Interest Rates. Does Donald Trump?On that least-discussed of critical economic issues, monetary policy, Trump makes news with some mixed signals. His surviving fellow GOP presidential candidates are clearer: Bring on higher interest rates!
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. Central Banks Go NegativeThere’s a crazy monetary-policy experiment happening in Europe and Asia, and it might not be going well.
    By Annie Lowrey
  23. Janet Yellen Is Trying to Slow Down the Economy. But Why?She’s just hiked interest rates for the first time since 2006.
    By Annie Lowrey
  24. Get Ready for an Interest-Rate HikeIt’s Jobs Day, and the report shows businesses added 211,000 positions in November. 
    By Annie Lowrey
  25. Ralph Nader Mansplains Monetary Policy to Janet YellenAnd things go horribly wrong.
    By Annie Lowrey
  26. Janet Yellen’s Hotel CaliforniaWill the Fed ever be able to raise rates again?
    By Annie Lowrey
  27. the economy
    Janet Yellen ‘Dehydrated’ After Speech; Fed Chair, Economy Both OkayShe said she expects the Fed to raise interest rates by the end of this year.
    By Jonah Shepp
  28. The Fed and a Tale of Two EconomiesMain Street is smiling. Wall Street is frowning. And Janet Yellen is waiting.
    By Annie Lowrey
  29. magic
    Janet Yellen Is a Wizard Who Knows the FutureThe 2009 Federal Reserve transcripts show that Janet Yellen was right about many things — and that economists will laugh at anything. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  30. the national interest
    Janet Yellen Mentions Inequality; Conservatives ScandalizedShe said “Jehovah”! Stone her!
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. Has the Fed Been Making the Wealth Gap Worse? Janet Yellen, friend of the poor, bestie of the rich.
    By Annie Lowrey
  32. the most important people in the world
    Totally Absurd Neighbor Dispute Becomes Front-Page National NewsBecause it involves Fed chair Janet Yellen’s fat and sloppy security team.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  33. money matters
    Senate Confirms Janet Yellen As Fed ChairMany senators couldn’t make it due to polar vortex.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. oh congress!
    Senate Just Wants to Go Home, Agrees to Yellen VoteSix other nominees have to start over again.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. blog-stained wretches
    Pathetic Fed Chair Nominee Janet Yellen Wears Her Outfits More Than Once A gossip blogger finds this noteworthy, for some reason. 
    By Dan Amira
  36. oh congress!
    Rand Paul Will Put Hold on Janet Yellen’s NominationBut she’ll still be confirmed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. 25 Other Senior Government Jobs Never Held by a WomanA list in honor of Janet Yellen’s nomination.
    By Joe Coscarelli and Kat Stoeffel
  38. Welcome to the Humanist Federal Reserve, Led by Janet YellenA Yellen-led Fed would put down the theory and listen.
    By Kevin Roose
  39. money matters
    Obama Will Officially Nominate Yellen to Lead the FedMaking her the first woman to hold the position.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. fed up
    If Janet Yellen Runs the Fed, Will ‘Chairman’ Become ‘Chairwoman’?It should. And it would be easy to do.
    By Kevin Roose
  41. fednomics
    The Fed Decides the Economy Still SucksAnd doves like Janet Yellen show they have pull.
    By Kevin Roose
  42. the national interest
    How Larry Summers Paid for Obama’s SinsThe liberal revolt that won.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the national interest
    Fear of a Female Fed ChiefThe only thing worse than rampant Obama inflation is rampant feminazi Obama inflation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. fed up
    The Fed Chairmanship Race Is a Bad Romantic ComedyPresident Obama has to choose between the charismatic jerk and the quiet hero.
    By Kevin Roose