Janet Yellen
Opinion
Regulation
The multitrillion-dollar threat that could spark another financial crisis
A fast-growing part of the financial system is setting off alarm bells.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
Opinion
Inside China
The US sends the world a China warning
The US wants a united front with Europe to respond to a flood of cheap imports from China, arguing the consequences of not doing so will be damaging.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inside China
China’s Xi Jinping might have to revise his five-year plan
China’s latest economic data highlights a glut of excess capacity and a flood of cheap exports, which is generating a growing backlash from a number of its trading partners.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
The West wants to break into Russia’s $460b treasure chest
A risky push to unfreeze piles of Russian assets could have major unintended consequences.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Regulation
‘Critical mission’: Janet Yellen unwinds Trump’s financial deregulation
US financial regulators will now be able to designate big non-bank institutions like hedge funds, insurers and asset managers as systemically important, or too big to fail.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
World markets
The $2.8 trillion question: America is hunting for cash, but there’s a bit of a problem
The US is going to put trillions worth of new debt up for sale before the end of the year as it tries to rebuild its cash reserves. There is an issue, however.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Credit rating
The US just paid a heavy price for Washington’s poison
The historic credit rating downgrade shines a light on how America’s bitterly divided, dysfunctional politics is playing a key role in its deteriorating financial position.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
China relations
What does the US really think about China? We just got some more clues
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had to tread carefully on her four-day visit to Beijing.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Updated
Sharemarket
ASX falls to 50-day low amid fears of higher US rates
The Australian sharemarket took a sharp dive after a hotter-than-expected US jobs report suggested interest rates in the US could head higher.
- by Millie Muroi
Mission Impossible? Yellen visits China to ease tensions amid deep divisions
US government officials have downplayed expectations for major breakthroughs on the treasury secretary’s four-day trip, which begins when she arrives in Beijing on Thursday.
- by Alan Rappeport, Keith Bradsher and Ana Swanson
Opinion
Trade wars
China is threatening to use its major trade weapon
China dominates the production of many critical raw materials for advanced technologies, and is willing to weaponise that.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/janet-yellen-3hm