About Janet
Janet Yellen is an American economist born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. She served as the 78th US Secretary of the Treasury from 2021 to 2025 and as the 15th Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold either position. She also chaired the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 1999 and was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2004 to 2010. She has been a professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business since 1980 and is now professor emeritus.
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Expert / AcademicPolitician / DiplomatScientistSpeakerEfficiency Wage ModelsFiscal PolicyInternational TradeLabor EconomicsMacroeconomicsMonetary Policy
Known for
- Secretary of the Treasury (2021-2025)
- Chair of the Federal Reserve (2014-2018)
- Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve (2010-2014)
- Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (1997-1999)
- President of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2004-2010)
- Research on efficiency wage theory and labor economics
- Academic career at UC Berkeley
- Economics
- Government and Public Policy
- Federal Reserve
- Treasury Department
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