{"id":117864,"date":"2021-02-04T09:01:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117864"},"modified":"2021-02-04T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T19:12:56","slug":"secy-yellen-treasury-may-take-action-following-gamestop-stock-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-yellen-treasury-may-take-action-following-gamestop-stock-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Secy. Yellen: Treasury may take action following GameStop stock saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecy-yellen-treasury-may-take-action-following-gamestop-stock-saga%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2366295\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2366295\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2366295 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21009751074619-655x437.jpg\" alt width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2366295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo former Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with FOX Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau in Washington. The Senate Finance Committee has approved President Joe Biden\u2019s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation\u2019s 78th Treasury secretary (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 11:02 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, February 4, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Newly minted Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently dodged questions regarding the timeline for COVID-19 relief, while vowing action to protect hedge funds.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Yellen appeared for her first television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ABCNewsLive\/videos\/939980646773012\">interview<\/a> since being confirmed. She avoided answering questions about how long Democrats are willing to negotiate with Republicans before they move to pass their own coronavirus relief bill.<\/p>\n<p>Yellen also went on to suggest the Treasury Department could take action to protect investors and possibly punish retail traders following the GameStop saga, which impacted the markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really need to make sure that our financial markets are functioning properly, efficiently and that investors are protected,\u201d she stated. \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to discuss these recent events and discuss whether or not the recent events warrant further action.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen\u2019s ethics agreement dictates she can\u2019t take part in any dispute involving Citadel for at least one year after her last speaking arrangement unless given a written waiver: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdxNi6OKFc\">pic.twitter.com\/jdxNi6OKFc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsalvinews\/status\/1354965858313859074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yellen voiced her support for Joe Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion rescue package, but did not give a timeline for when she expects it will be done.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/chamber-of-commerce-urges-biden-to-heed-gop-concerns-over-covid-relief-package\/\">Chamber of Commerce urges Biden to heed GOP concerns over COVID relief package<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892644,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4625,3962,5284,3722,3778,5286],"class_list":["post-117864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-action","tag-following","tag-secy","tag-take","tag-treasury","tag-yellen"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}