6 days ago · WASHINGTON – Scott Bessent was sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury by Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on January 28, 2025. Shortly following the ceremony, Mr. Bessent was welcomed at the doors of the U.S. Treasury at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue by department employees. Mr. Bessent’s first working day included meetings with senior Treasury officials.As Secretary, Mr ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Before leaving office, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen alerted Congress that the Treasury Department would need to deploy “extraordinary measures” on Jan. 21 to prevent the United States ...

Jan 28, 2025 · The treasury secretary is responsible for serving as the President’s fiscal policy adviser and managing the public debt. He is also a member of the President’s National Economic Council.

The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters pertaining to economic and fiscal policy.

Nov 23, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of the Treasury. “Scott has long been a strong advocate of the America...

6 days ago · Scott Bessent is the current United States Secretary of the Treasury. He was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 20, 2025. Bessent was sworn in as Secretary...

Dec 17, 2024 · U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has not resigned from her position in the government, as suggested in social media posts following an announcement by President-elect Donald Trump of his...

Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. The secretary is charged with advising the president on economic and fiscal policy. The secretary also serves as the chief financial officer of the federal government as well as overseeing the Treasury Department.

Jan 21, 2025 · Janet Yellen is an American economist, the first woman chair (2014–18) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States, and the first woman Treasury secretary (2021–25).

Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist who served as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury from 2021 to 2025. She also served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018.