Open full sized imageU.S. Federal Reserve in full:Janet Louise Yellen born:August 13, 1946, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. (age 77) Notable Family Members:spouse George A. AkerlofRecent NewsJune 24, 2024, 7:56 PM UTC(AP)Yellen announces efforts to boost the housing supply as high prices create a crunchJune 20, 2024, 5:46 PM UTC(AP)In Atlanta to promote fentanyl actions, Yellen announces sanctions against Mexican cartelJanet Yellen (born August 13, 1946, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American economist, who was the chair (2014–18) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“the Fed”), the central bank of the United States, and secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2021– ). She was the first woman to hold each of those posts.Yellen graduated summa cum laude in economics from Brown University (1967) and received a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University (1971). She then served as an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University until 1976. In 1977–78 she wor...
