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Strong US economy is driving global resilience, Yellen to say
The Treasury secretary will speak with global peers Tuesday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Financial advisors tune out debt ceiling hysteria
Advisors shrug off Washington's noisy political spat as more of the same, anticipating a dramatic last-minute deal to increase the debt limit.
Credit markets keeping eye on debt ceiling negotiations
President Joe Biden has invited congressional leaders for a May 9 meeting after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested the US might exhaust its options to fund itself as early as June 1.
Look before leaping onto platforms offering elevated FDIC-insured deposits
Fintech firms are falling over themselves to court cash deposits, with both Betterment and SoFi announcing expanded FDIC coverage over the past week.
Yellen says crypto is ‘very risky’ option for retirement savers
Treasury chief says it would be reasonable for Congress to regulate what assets could be included in tax-favored retirement vehicles.
Inflation, no longer deemed transitory, puts advisers in scramble mode
The Biden administration is now saying upward pressure on prices could be the new reality, which has advisers getting more creative.
Yellen to urge finance CEOs to put more funds into climate fight
Private capital would prove more critical to reaching the Paris Agreement aim of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Yellen summons regulators to discuss market volatility
The meeting with the SEC, the Fed, the New York Fed and the CFTC is the Treasury secretary's first public effort to address the tumult involving GameStop shares.
Yellen pressed to back strong dollar in reverse of Trump-era tone
The greenback’s tumble this year — it’s heading for the second-biggest drop in the past decade — has already stoked foreign policy makers’ concerns
