U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that finance ministers from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation countries on Monday affirmed their desire to expand their economies' potential output in a sustainable manner. "APEC members have affirmed a shared interest in pursuing policies that expand the productive capacity of our economies while also achieving outcomes like reducing inequality and protecting the environment," Yellen said in prepared remarks following a meeting of the ministers ahead of the APEC leaders' summit in San Francisco.