Earnest: Monday Was the ‘First Opportunity’ Obama Ever Had To Meet with Janet Yellen

Obama Holds First One-on-One Meeting With Fed Chair, 11 Months After Giving Her Job (CNS News)

President Obama met one-on-one with Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen on Monday for the first time since she took the job eleven months ago.

"This was the first opportunity that the president has had to meet one- on-one with Janet Yellen," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Monday. "She did, however, participate in a meeting of financial regulators that the president convened at the White House last month, but in terms of a one-on-one meeting, this was the first opportunity that they've had to do that since she was confirmed into the position as the chair of the Federal Reserve."