Christopher Condon

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said US inflation can come down without requiring a weakening in the historically strong job market.

(Bloomberg) -- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said intervention in foreign-exchange markets should be rare, when asked for her reaction to any potential move by Japan to address the slide in the yen against the dollar.

(Bloomberg) -- The latest good news and bad news about the US economy is just plain bad news for Joe Biden.

The latest good news and bad news about the US economy is just plain bad news for Joe Biden.

(Bloomberg) -- To the naked eye, a key US inflation metric held steady in March. But look a little closer at two or three decimal places and you'll see that it actually picked up.

Most economists say the underlying momentum of the U.S. economy remains strong. But growth and jobs – which have been surprisingly sturdy – have generated little tangible benefit to Biden's hopes for reelection.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that threats to America's democratic institutions would undermine economic growth and financial stability in the US and around the world.

A generation ago, Hungarians turned out en masse in their capital of Budapest to joyfully shed the grip of the Soviet Union. It was common at the time to hear people say Moscow's domination had denied Hungary its rightful place at the heart of European life and politics.

Treasury secretary says Japanese currency moved ‘quite a bit' Declines to comment on whether Tokyo supported the yen

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged sharp moves in the value of the yen this week, even as she declined to say whether Japan had intervened to support the currency.