A Fed Chair & Treasury Secretary: Janet Yellen 8/8/25
Squawk Pod8 Aug 2025

A Fed Chair & Treasury Secretary: Janet Yellen 8/8/25

The only person to have served as Treasury Secretary and as Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen sits down to discuss interest rates, central bank independence, and the health of the U.S. economy. In a conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the Aspen Economic Strategy Group Forum in Colorado, Yellen speaks candidly about President Trump’s pressure on sitting Fed Chair Jay Powell, as well as the policies of her successor at the Treasury, sitting Secretary Scott Bessent.

In this episode:

Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie


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