Janet Yellen issues warning; ‘Don’t vote Trump’

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that “veering off course” in the 2024 election could inflict significant damage on the economy. Yellen said that there were several signs of life in the economy under the Biden-Harris administration, and that turning away from those successes in November could “jeopardize our economic trajectory,” in a tacit endorsement […]

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Yellen warns US & China decoupling would be ‘disastrous’

US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has warned any effort to decouple from China would be “disastrous”, saying national security measures targeted at Beijing were not designed to “stifle” the Chinese economy. In a major speech on Thursday, Yellen called for a “constructive and fair” economic relationship between China and the US, as Washington seeks to […]

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Despite Trump Boasts, Job Numbers Identical To Obama

President Donald Trump on Friday flipped his approach to the government’s employment report, celebrating the kind of strong showing he dismissed as phony under President Barack Obama. The Labor Department reported that the economy created 235,000 jobs in February, above the 190,000 consensus, allowing the president to claim that business enthusiasm over his approach to […]