她说：“十年来，我们一直在与过低的通胀和过低的利率作斗争。”她补充说，如果一揽子计划能帮助“缓解问题，那么这不是一件坏事，而是一件好事。”
U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen says President Joe Biden's $4 trillion spending plan will be good for the United States, even if it leads to higher interest rates.
In an interview with reporters, the former Fed chairman said the president's package would total $400 billion a year. She believes that this level of spending is not enough to cause excessive inflation.
"if we end up with a slight increase in interest rates, it would actually be good for [US] society and the Fed," Ms Yellen said. "
"for a decade, we have been struggling with too low inflation and too low interest rates," she said. " She addedIf the package can help "alleviate the problem, then this is not a bad thing, but a good thing."
She believes that the current price rise is driven by a "temporary anomaly" caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.