Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen will resign as a member of the Fed’s Board of Governors when Jerome Powell is sworn in as chair, the Fed announced Monday.
Yellen’s departure means there will be four openings on the Fed’s seven-member Board.
Yellen said in her resignation letter it was “a great privilege and honor” to serve in the Fed system for three decades and expressed faith in Jerome Powell’s commitment to the Fed’s mission.
A combination of a "stronger-than-expected economy, higher Treasury rates, robust supply, and rich valuations resulting in choppy markets" have made the trading environment in H124 "quite difficult," according to Barclays.
The Inflation Reduction Act, affordable housing and clean energy were among the topics discussed at Baker Tilly's DevelUP conference in Chicago this week.