As Prepared for Delivery Thank you all for having me today, and a special thank you to Nicole, who was recently selected to serve on Treasury’s Advisory Committee on Racial Equity. I know we will benefit from your expertise and insights into how we can build a more equitable Treasury and economy. I also had […]
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Transcript of Press Conference from Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen as Part of 2022 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings
Good afternoon, everyone. Let me start by thanking the IMF and the World Bank for this week’s meetings. Thank you also to Germany and Indonesia for their leadership of the G7 and G20. We’ve had a very productive week. Before I take your questions, I’d like to touch upon our progress in four areas. First, […]
READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Bilateral Engagements with Baltic Finance Ministers
WASHINGTON — This week, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo met separately with Latvian Finance Minister Jānis Reirs and Lithuanian Finance Minister Gintarė Skaistė, and spoke by phone with Estonian Finance Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank. In these conversations, Deputy Secretary Adeyemo reaffirmed […]
READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting with Eurogroup Finance Ministers
WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met with the Eurogroup and other European Union Finance Ministers. At the invitation of Eurogroup President and Ireland Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, Secretary Yellen shared her views on the transatlantic macroeconomic outlook. She discussed the economic impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine and weaponization of […]
READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Meeting of Countries Imposing Economic Restrictions on Russia
WASHINGTON — Top officials representing ministries of finance and other government agencies from 33 countries met at the U.S. Department of the Treasury today to discuss the effects of international sanctions and export controls on Russia’s military-industrial complex and critical defense supply chains. All countries in attendance have implemented sanctions and/or export controls on Russia […]
Remarks by Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo at Meeting of Countries Imposing Economic Restrictions on Russia
As prepared for delivery I want to thank you all for taking time out of this extraordinarily busy week to come together to speak about this critical issue. You were all invited here today because this group has taken unprecedented action to impose costs on Russia for its brutal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. I […]
Remarks by Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg at the Union of Arab Banks
As Prepared for Delivery Hello, and good morning to all of you. My name is Elizabeth Rosenberg, and I am the Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is my pleasure to address this group again. Much has changed in the world since I spoke to […]
Joint IMFC and Development Committee Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen
The United States remains resolute in its condemnation of Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine, which violates international norms and the core tenets of the United Nations Charter. We urge Russia to immediately end this needless war. We stand with the Ukrainian people and their government against Russia’s aggression and fraudulent attempts to annex parts of […]
Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at Bilateral Meeting with European Commission Executive Vice-President and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni
As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Commissioner Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni for meeting with me here today. The global economy faces a number of immediate macroeconomic challenges and the United States is committed to coordinating and communicating about those headwinds and our responses. Like our colleagues in Europe, the United States continues to work to […]
G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors´ Statement on the global economic impact of Russia´s war of aggression against Ukraine and G7 support to Ukraine
Washington D.C., 12 October 2022 We, the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met in Washington D.C. We were honoured to be joined by the Ukrainian Finance Minister. We were also joined by the Heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Financial Stability Board. […]