Janet Yellen confirmed as first female treasury secretary
by Dominic Rushe in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5DA62)
- US Senate approves former Federal Reserve chair
- Yellen must try to revive economy decimated by coronavirus
Janet Yellen has been confirmed as the first woman to head the US Treasury.
The former chair of the Federal Reserve and noted economist was approved by the Senate on an 84-15 vote. She sailed through a congressional hearing last week and had already been unanimously approved by the Senate finance committee and backed by all living former treasury secretaries.
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