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JANET YELLEN LIKES ROCKS. FOREIGN DIPLOMATS KEEP GIVING HER STAMPS.
RUMORS HAVE SPREAD THAT THE TREASURY SECRETARY IS AN AVID STAMP COLLECTOR, BUT
SHE DOESN’T PURSUE THE HOBBY
MS. YELLEN WITH RISHI SUNAK, WHO WAS THEN THE BRITISH CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER, IN LONDON LAST YEAR.
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Sept. 15, 2022 10:22 am ET
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When Janet Yellen was invited to join the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince
Albert of Monaco as one of only 100 individual members of the prestigious Club
de Monte-Carlo, she felt she had to decline.
The problem was the club is dedicated to collecting stamps. And despite
widespread belief to the contrary, Ms. Yellen, the Treasury secretary, doesn’t
collect stamps.
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