FX.co ★ Janet Yellen to become next US Treasury Secretary

Janet Yellen may become the head of the US Treasury Department. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as the next US Treasury Secretary, according to the sources familiar with the team. As the head of the US Federal Reserve, Yellen was known as a high-class professional. Under her leadership, the regulator resorted to massive stimulus measures to help the US economy recover from the crisis. Janet Yellen will not only be the first female Fed chair and Treasury Secretary, but the first person to head both organizations and the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Analysts assume that Yellen will advocate for more aggressive fiscal policy and focus on tackling economic inequality and climate change. Janet Yellen received her PhD in economics from Yale University under the supervision of Nobel laureates James Tobin and Joseph Stiglitz. She is married to Nobel-winning economist George Akerlof.