Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
In the first year of the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has worked to support families and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and foster the country’s robust economic recovery. As Secretary Yellen remarked yesterday, “Unemployment is now at 3.9 percent – the sharpest one-year drop in the rate ever. GDP now exceeds pre-pandemic levels, and 2021 witnessed one of the biggest reductions in child poverty and child hunger in American history.”