She is a current member of the think-tank Brookings Institution.

One of the interesting facts about Janet Yellen is that she is a current member of the Brookings Institution. Yellen hasn't indicated that she will retire after leaving the Federal Reserve. She was scheduled to become a resident distinguished member of the Brooking Institution's advisory board in February 2018. She still has a strong interest in financial issues. This study team was established in 1916 to offer recommendations on a number of urgent concerns, including security, the economy, and social welfare. Although she was initially ambivalent toward Trump, she eventually turned into one of his harshest detractors, claiming that he lacked a fundamental understanding of banking policy and macroeconomics. In response to a CNBC question about whether she believed he understood the economy or flat policy "No, I don't."

She is connected to Brookings University's Hutchins Center for Monetary and Financial Policy. She has offered knowledge and comments on a variety of economic issues within the organization, sharing her opinions and analysis at Brookings boards, legislative testimony, and speeches across the country and internationally. She also frequently contributes to the media. Yellen has not been employed as of November 2020 due to her selection as a candidate to head the Department of the Treasury.