February 9, 2022 Message to Treasury Department staff for Black History Month 2022. Last week marked the start of Black History Month, and I wanted to send along a personal reflection, especially since this is the first Black History Month where a Black woman appears on our currency. In January…

February 8, 2022 Remarks at the White House Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Day of Action. Thank you, Gene, and thank you all for coming — and, more importantly, thank you for the work you’re doing to make sure these tax credits actually reach the people they’re…

January 21, 2022 Remarks at the 2022 ‘Virtual Davos Agenda’ Hosted by the World Economic Forum. My thanks to Klaus and to the World Economic Forum for hosting me. At this time of year, government officials, business executives, and thought leaders normally huddle in a small town in Switzerland to…

January 19, 2022 Remarks at the 90th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Thank you, Mayor Suarez, and thank you all for welcoming me. More than that, thank you all for your tireless work over the past two years. There have been few harder — or more crucial…

January 17, 2022 Remarks at the 2022 National Action Network’s Annual King Day Breakfast. Hello, everyone, and thank you, Reverend Sharpton, for inviting me today. It’s a real pleasure to join NAN in celebrating the life and legacy of “the moral leader of our nation,” which is what A. Phillip…

December 14, 2021 Remarks to the 2021 Freedman’s Bank Forum, hosted at the U.S. Treasury Department. The Freedman’s Bank Forum was instituted by former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to address racial economic disparities. The Forum commemorates The Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company, a private savings bank chartered by Congress in…

December 9, 2021 Remarks to the White House Summit for Democracy 2021. This gathering is a remarkable cross-section of the world’s democracies and, as we have heard so far, we share a common adversary: corruption. …

November 16, 2021 Remarks to the second day of the 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit. Hello, everyone. This is Janet Yellen, and I’m very grateful that you’ve come today. You know, only a few days after I started this job, one of my first meetings was with a group…

November 9, 2021 Remarks given at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) Center for Business and Economic Research Outlook Conference. Secretary Yellen’s speech highlighted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — the once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure that will grow the economy sustainability and equitably. Hello everyone. This is…