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Bloomberg Quicktake: Now published this video item, entitled “Biden Taps Yellen as Treasury Secretary to Rebuild U.S. Economy” – below is their description.
President-elect Joe Biden named former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as his Treasury secretary, the first woman to run the agency.
He also named Neera Tanden to head the Office of Management and Budget, Cecilia Rouse to lead the Council of Economic Advisers. Long-time advisers Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey will also be on the CEA.
Yellen and others will be tasked with steering the economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic.
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Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.
Symptoms of coronavirus
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
- a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
- shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)
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In This Story: Joe Biden
Joe Biden is an American politician who served as the 47th vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009.
Biden is the Democratic presidential nominee for the 2020 election, running against the incumbent, Donald Trump.
On August 11, 2020, Biden announced U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 presidential election.