Re-Packaging

Markets

Economics

Yellen Pushes for Repackaged Biden Plan to Boost Economy

By Christopher Condon and Eric Martin

March 2, 2022, 7:55 PM UT Updated on March 2, 2022, 9:24 PM UTC

 

> Investments in infrastructure to lift long-run growth: Yelled
> Treasury chief says Russia increasingly on ‘economic island’

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Congress can boost long-term growth in the economy if it finds a way to pass the remainder of the Biden administration’s economic policy proposals.

“It’s an economic policy that aims to expand our nation’s economic potential through productivity-enhancing investments along with policies to encourage more people to join the labor market,” Yellen said in remarks Wednesday at an event in Chicago."

RELATED

Yellen Says Treasury Will Monitor Crypto, Other Channels for Sanctions Evasion

Decrypt

12 hours ago · Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested the crypto sector wasn't one Russia could easily use to evade sanctions.

Yellen Monitoring Russian Efforts to Evade Sanctions with Cryptocurrency, Other Means

Wall Street Journal

15 hours ago · CHICAGO—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that the U.S. would continue to monitor Russian efforts to evade the bevy of sanctions placed on...