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U.S. inflation will be much lower by end of 2023, Janet Yellen says
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gives U.S. President Joe Biden an update on economic conditions in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
u.s. business
Janet Yellen, Lynn Malerba become first female pair to sign U.S. currency
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Treasury Chief Lynn Malerba sign on banknotes during the unveiling of the first U.S. banknotes printed with two women's signatures at an event in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
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U.S. economy contracts, flashing signs of technical recession
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks during a press conference at the Treasury Department on July 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. Secretary Yellen discussed the state of the U.S. economy highlighting America's economic recovery coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic while discussing the steps policymakers are implementing to curb record high inflation and economic slowdown. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
canada
Yellen says Biden not considering Canadian lumber for tariff relief
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Biden's proposed 2023 U.S. budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst//File Photo
international business
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she never urged for adopting a smaller COVID-19 relief package
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen looks on during a U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on the Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. May 12, 2022. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
investment ideas
Inflation stations and other world market themes for the week ahead
A woman looks over shelves, some of which are empty, at a Walmart store in Teterboro, N.J., on Jan. 12.
international business
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urges G20 to back global pandemic prevention fund
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
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Janet Yellen confident U.S. Congress will pass minimum global corporate tax
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 6, 2021 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a meeting with business leaders and CEOs on the need to address the debt limit in the South Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC. - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on October 10, 2021 she was "confident" Congress would pass legislation to implement a global tax agreement in the United States enacting a minimum international tax on big corporations. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. business
U.S. debt limit needs to be raised ‘immediately’ to avoid a financial crisis, Yellen says
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a meeting with business leaders and CEOs on the need to address the debt limit, on October 6, 2021, in the South Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
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What, me worry? Fed chief’s emotional tone can drive markets, study suggests
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, Thursday, July 15, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
u.s. business
Yellen to meet with regulators next week to discuss ‘interagency work’ on stablecoins
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen prepares to speak during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels on Monday, July 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
u.s. politics
China slams Janet Yellen’s call for U.S.-European ‘unified front’
international business
G20 finance ministers set to say economic support must be in line with stable price targets
FILE PHOTO: EU's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, World Bank President David Malpass, Italy's Finance Minister Daniele Franco, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso pose for a family photo during the G7 finance ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London, Britain, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
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Treasury Secretary Yellen to push G20 for higher minimum corporate tax rate
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen answers questions during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY22 budget request for the Treasury Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., June 23, 2021. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS
world
G7 finance ministers reach historic deal to set 15 per cent minimum corporate tax rate
EU's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, World Bank President David Malpass, Italy's Finance Minister Daniele Franco, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso pose for a family photo during the G7 finance ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London, Britain, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool
inside the market
Janet Yellen’s walked-back comments on interest rates show how sensitive markets are to any hint of policy shift
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
international business
U.S. Treasury Secretary sees little inflation threat in Biden’s ambitious stimulus package
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
opinion
Canada must make inclusive and diverse procurement part of its COVID-19 recovery plan
Madeleine Féquière
opinion
Global co-operation is back on the agenda
Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan
investment ideas
A taxing question for multinationals leaves stocks unscathed
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Jan. 29.
opinion
Global minimum corporate tax: making the world safe for U.S. tax increases
Andrew Coyne
politics
Trudeau open to discussions after Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax rate
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 09, 2021 US Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen attends a meeting hosted by US President Joe Biden with business leaders about a Covid relief bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - Rich countries have an obligation to ensure the Covid-19 pandemic does not undermine efforts to fight poverty worldwide, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on April 6, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen says global minimum tax needed, too soon to declare victory over COVID-19
FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a virtual roundtable with participants from Black Chambers of Commerce across the country to discuss the American Rescue Plan in Washington. Last year’s coronavirus-triggered market turmoil exposed vulnerable areas in the U.S. economy that need to be addressed by the nation's top-level financial supervisory group, Yellen said Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Yellen revives regulatory group to scrutinize hedge fund risks
In this Feb. 5, 2021 file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a virtual roundtable with participants from Black Chambers of Commerce across the country to discuss the American Rescue Plan in Washington.
u.s. business
Yellen now open to U.S. bank dividend payouts, stock buybacks
FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021 file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a virtual roundtable with participants from Black Chambers of Commerce across the country to discuss the American Rescue Plan in Washington. Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell say more needs to be done to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic and promote a full economic recovery. The two officials struck upbeat notes on the future of the economy in their prepared testimony Tuesday, March 23, before the House Financial Services Committee while cautioning that the economy still needs help. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
u.s. business
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says post-COVID plans will move to infrastructure, taxes
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
inside the market
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, specialist Dilip Patel works on the floor, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in New York. Stocks were mostly lower in afternoon trading as another tick up in bond yields gave investors pause. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
economy
U.S. Treasury Secretary says COVID-19 relief bill will fuel ‘very strong’ economic recovery
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the former Federal Reserve chair, holds a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Yellen’s encore: Treasury Secretary lending economic heft to Biden’s coronavirus plan
FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden meets with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
opinion
The shell game: It’s time for Canada to get serious about financial crime
Rita Trichur
investment ideas
GameStop, ‘Reddit rally’ stocks slide more, Yellen vows scrutiny
GameStop logo is seen in front of displayed Reddit logo in this illustration taken on Febr. 2, 2021.
investment ideas
GameStop saga may provide early test of Biden administration ethics pledges
Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017.
u.s. business
Janet Yellen’s nomination for U.S. Treasury Secretary wins Senate approval
FILE - 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. The Senate Finance Committee has approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th Treasury secretary (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
u.s. business
Janet Yellen wins unanimous U.S. Senate panel vote for Treasury despite Republican tax, debt concerns
U.S. outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files
energy and resources
Oil up on view of U.S. stimulus, tighter market under Biden
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed oil pump jack is placed on dollar banknotes in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration