With the Biden v Trump presidential election rematch beginning in earnest, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Chicago in a speech Thursday that was equal parts policy and campaign politics.

       Citing a resilient economy that has seen job growth, low unemployment, a record stock market and receding inflation, Yellen touted Bidenomics as an egalitarian policy that, unlike Trump’s signature initiatives, has put the interests of the middle class ahead of the wealthiest Americans.

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       “Put simply, it’s been the fairest recovery on record,” Yellen said during her remarks to the city’s business leaders. “We see this in gains not only for middle-class Americans, but also of course, demographic groups, such as the rapid decline in unemployment rates for Black and Hispanic Americans.”