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S E19: A New Treasury Secretary - Who is Janet Yellen and what will she do?

Think Like An Economist

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The Importance of Janet's Influence on the Economy

Former San Francisco Federal Reserve president Janet Yellen is to become Treasury Secretary. She has helped guide the economy through what was the greatest crisis since the Great Depression. Now she gets to do it all again as the economy is once more in a financial crisis. The first thing that will be on her desk is going to be how to create a fiscal stimulus, says CNN's Justin Miller.

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