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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women now hold many of jobs controlling the world's largest economy - and they're trying to fix it. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and trade czar Katherine Tai hold top jobs in U.S. President Joe Biden administration and many of his economic advisers also are women, as are nearly 48% of his confirmed cabinet-level officials. This sea change may already be affecting economic policy - a new $2.3 trillion spending plan introduced by Biden last week includes $400 billion to fund the "care economy," supporting home- and...

By Syndicated Content By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women now hold many of jobs controlling the world's largest economy - and they're trying to fix it. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and trade czar Katherine Tai hold top jobs in U.S. President Joe Biden administration and many of his economic advisers also are women, as are nearly 48% of his confirmed cabinet-level officials. This sea change may already be affecting economic policy - a new $2.3 trillion spending plan introduced by Biden last week includes $400 billion to fund the "care ...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women now hold many of jobs controlling the world's largest economy - and they're trying to fix it. Treasury S...

Currently, there are women running finance ministries in 16 countries, and 14 of the world’s central banks.

Women leaders can bring fresh perspective to economic policy, experts say.