Janet Yellen

Treasury is making the case for increased government support for child care as Democrats work to write a social-spending bill that could total $3.5 trillion.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning Congress that she will run out of maneuvering room to prevent the U.S. from broaching the government’s borrowing limit in October

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the mere specter of a U.S. default can have drastic consequences for U.S. financial markets.

Federal unemployment programs in place since March 2020 are ending. Recipients unable to find work are worried about the ability to pay bills.

Labor and Treasury Department officials said Thursday that states can use leftover pandemic funds to continue paying income support to the jobless past Sept. 6.

An amendment in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that would limit a proposal to increase federal regulation of cryptocurrencies was blocked Monday afternoon.

Altcoins have become an increasingly larger part of the crypto market since the beginning of 2021. “Crypto and blockchain is about moving money and property rights onto the internet,” said Matt Hougan, Bitwise chief investment strategist. “That’s one of the largest addressable markets that the internet has ever attacked.” At the start of 2021, bitcoin made up more than 70%…

The U.S. equity indexes rose on Thursday, with airlines and energy stocks making notable gains.

Yellen is trying to rally the public behind the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats’ even bigger $3.5 trillion spending plan.

U.S. stocks struggled on Wednesday after a private payroll survey showed slower-than-expected job growth for July.

As costs rise, interest rates are not keeping up. That means you may want to shop around with regard to where you keep your cash.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to make crypto markets safer.

From a potential tether probe to Amazon planning to hire a digital currency lead, here are six key things that happened in crypto this week.

The Justice Department is investigating possible bank fraud by executives of Tether Ltd., according to Bloomberg News.

Before talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman even ended, China said the relationship “is now in a stalemate and faces serious difficulties.”

So far, 132 countries have signed up to the OECD’s proposal, although several countries are known to harbor serious reservations over the terms of the deal.

U.S. stock indexes gave up their gains on Friday after a worse-than-expected consumer sentiment reading showed inflation expectations rising.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered praise for the Federal Reserve during the Covid-19 crisis under the direction of Chairman Jerome Powell.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expects inflation run to ease, though she cautioned that prices could continue to rise over the next several months.

Roughly $15 billion has been sent out in the first of six child tax credit payments, according to the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS.