现任财政部长珍妮特·耶伦将通货膨胀归咎于流行病供应链,而不是刺激性开支。 Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pins inflation on pandemic supply chains, not stimulus spending.

即将离任的财政部长珍妮特·耶伦(Janet Yellen)说,尽管拜登政府的COVID-19刺激支出可能“略微”促成了通货膨胀,但主要驱动因素是这一流行病造成的供应链问题。 Janet Yellen, outgoing Treasury Secretary, said that while the Biden administration's COVID-19 stimulus spending may have contributed "a little bit" to inflation, the main driver was supply chain issues due to the pandemic. 她为1.9万亿美元的救济法案辩护,认为该法案是防治这一流行病期间的高失业率和高痛苦所必需的。 She defended the $1.9 trillion relief bill as necessary to combat high unemployment and suffering during the pandemic. Yellen将被对冲基金执行官Scott Bessent取代。 Yellen will be replaced by hedge-fund executive Scott Bessent.