Janet Yellen speaks during a panel at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Association in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 4, 2019. Reuters
Janet Yellen speaks during a panel at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Association in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 4, 2019. Reuters

Economy

Janet Yellen becomes first female Treasury Secretary

She previously served as the chair of the Federal Reserve during the Obama administration

Joyce Karam
Joyce Karam

January 26, 2021