Topic: Janet Yellen

President Joe Biden announced at a global climate summit on Thursday that the United States will take steps to cut carbon emissions in half by the end of the decade.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Monday appointed John Morton, a former Obama administration official, to serve as its first climate counselor.

The U.S. government announced sanctions Thursday against nearly three dozen Russian individuals and entities for attempts to interfere in and influence the 2020 presidential election.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's proposal to set up a global minimum corporate tax rate would disadvantage developing countries and is probably not workable anyway.

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced a plan to increase taxes on U.S. multinational corporations by overhauling provisions included in the 2017 Republican tax bill.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday called for an end to global "tax competition," which she said distorts the economic playing field and pressures governments to erode their own tax base.

Fewer than 700,000 workers in the United States have filed for new unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said Thursday -- which is the lowest weekly figure in more than a year.

The Nasdaq Composite fell 2% Wednesday as tech stocks declined, GameStop stock crashed and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testified before Congress for the second day.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told the Senate on Wednesday that the U.S. economy has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than expected.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 308.05 points as U.S. markets declined behind a drop in travel and retail stocks.