Janet Yellen, in Final Effort To Burnish Biden’s Legacy, Defends Covid Spending, Takes Jab at Trump Tax Cuts

The outgoing treasury secretary, in a final address, says that the current strength of the economy was ‘far from inevitable.’

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Secretary Yellen delivers remarks to the New York Association for Business Economics Wednesday. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

With the public’s approval of the Biden administration’s economy hitting new lows in the final days of his presidency, the outgoing treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, during her last week in office, launched a final effort to put the gloss on the administration’s legacy. 

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