EditorialJanet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury secretary, speaks during a news conference at the Queen Theatre, in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 1, 2020. (Kriston Jae Bethel/The New York Times)
EditorialTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 1, 2020.(Al Drago/The New York Times)