Yellen says Congress needs to ‘go big’ for relief package

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaking during a news conference (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Congress still needs to “go big” by passing President Joe Biden’s 1.9 trillion dollar (£1.37 trillion) relief package to get millions of people back to work soon despite the strong job gains last month.

In an interview with the PBS NewsHour on Friday, Ms Yellen said Mr Biden’s package should not be trimmed just because the February jobs report showed 379,000 new jobs had been created, the best showing since October.