As prepared for delivery: Hello, everyone, and thank you so much for the kind welcome. To your president, Fawn Sharp, the entire NCAI board, and your membership: I’m grateful for the chance to speak today. It’s been a hard nineteen months for all of us, but I know it has been particularly hard for those […]
Category Archives: U.S. Treasury
Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at the Countdown Summit
As prepared for delivery: Hello, everyone. I’m Janet Yellen, the United States Treasury Secretary. I want to thank Vice President Gore for the invitation and for his many years of leadership on this issue. We’re now three weeks out on the road to Glasgow, and it’s a road crowded with many different travelers. A generation […]
Guidance and Press Schedule for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary Janet L. Yellen will attend the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank Group, as well as G7 and G20 Meetings of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Washington, D.C. from October 12-15, 2021. Secretary Yellen will continue to reinforce the U.S. commitment […]
READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting with Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
WASHINGTON – Earlier today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met with Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to discuss U.S.-Canadian shared priorities such as continuing to work together on climate-related financial risks and ensuring the global economic recovery. Secretary Yellen and the Deputy Prime Minister also discussed the historic global tax deal announced […]
Readout: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Second Meeting with the Heads and Private-Sector Leads of the Multilateral Development Banks to Discuss Climate Finance
Today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen reconvened the heads and private sector leads of several of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) to follow-up on an initial July meeting in which she urged the MDBs to rapidly align their portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to redouble their efforts to mobilize […]
Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the OECD Inclusive Framework Announcement
Today’s agreement represents a once-in-a-generation accomplishment for economic diplomacy. We’ve turned tireless negotiations into decades of increased prosperity – for both America and the world. As of this morning, virtually the entire global economy has decided to end the race to the bottom on corporate taxation. In its place, more than 130 nations – including […]
Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at the B20 Summit
As prepared Thank you to our Italian hosts for inviting me to speak today. I appreciate the valuable forum the B20 provides for engagement with global business leaders. As G20 countries prepare for the upcoming Leaders’ Summit and COP-26 meeting, we face a significant moment for the global economy. We are still confronting a shock […]
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen to Attend Annual Fall Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank Group, G7 and G20 Meetings of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that Secretary Janet L. Yellen will attend the Annual Fall Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank Group, as well as G7 and G20 Meetings of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Washington, D.C. from October 12-15, 2021. […]
Treasury Completes $2 Billion in Recovery Fund Payments to Transportation Businesses
93% of recipients are small businesses and more than 33% are minority-owned businesses WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sent the final payments to recipients of funding provided through the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) program. Over 1,400 motorcoach, school bus, passenger vessel and pilotage companies representing all 50 states […]
Treasury Releases Climate Action Plan
The plan lays out efforts to bolster adaptation and increase resilience of Treasury facilities and operations to the impacts of climate change. WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Treasury Climate Action Plan, which is directed by Section 211 of Executive Order 14008 and Treasury’s efforts to bolster adaptation and increase […]