Janet Yellen – handed a heavy baton

Janet Yellen, former chair of the Federal Reserve, has been confirmed as the first ever female US treasury secretary in a bi-partisan Senate vote of 84–15. As such she will be responsible for guiding the economic response to the pandemic. When at the Federal Reserve she was known for focusing attention on the impact of bank policies on workers and the costs of America’s rising inequality.  Born 13 August 1946 (6 days before Bill Clinton), in New York, no birth time, she was an o