Yellen has no plans to leave anytime soon

WASHINGTON: Janet Yellen (pic), President Joe Biden’s surprise pick as Treasury secretary in the wake of his 2020 election victory, says there’s too much unfinished business to think about departing the role after just over a year on the job.

WASHINGTON: Janet Yellen (pic), President Joe Biden’s surprise pick as Treasury secretary in the wake of his 2020 election victory, says there’s too much unfinished business to think about departing the role after just over a year on the job.

The biggest win of her tenure – an historic global agreement on corporate taxes that Yellen engineered through careful international diplomacy – remains incomplete, with the United States Congress yet to endorse it.