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Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... (again) between the Democrats and the Republicans as they engage in oratory battle over the US debt ceiling. US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew brought this to the fore last night when he appealed to Congress to raise the ceiling from the current US$16.7 ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... which are invested into US government securities. The decision to suspend TSP payments was announced by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter to Congress this week. "The statute governing G Fund [government securities] investments expressly ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... form or shape of the stimulus but whether or not Uncle Ben actually delivers. I think it will. While ex-US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson thinks that the European sovereign debt crisis would only have a minimal effect on US economic growth, Uncle Ben ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... agreement as a matter of priority." Treasurer Wayne Swan is believed to have previously raised the issue with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Australian Treasury officials have been communicating with their US counterparts on the issue. France ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... which had earlier gained against the dollar, slid to $US1.3391 from $US1.3397 late in New York on Tuesday. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he was confident that Europe would find a way out of its debt crisis, a solution to which is important ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... corporate bond market and Congressmen who think it still contains too many loopholes. Meanwhile, former US Treasury Secretary Paul Volcker who proposed the reform, says at 300 pages it's now become too complicated because of all the provisions negotiated ...

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... days after the US Senate passed a bill allowing sanctions on countries with "misaligned" exchange rates and US Treasury Secretary Geithner's vocal support for the bill and US President Obama's accusation that China is "gaming the system" by keeping its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... until they had firmer evidence of Athens's willingness to cut its deficit. In another sign of friction, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who was also attending the meeting, disagreed with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble over Europe's ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Orderly or disorderly - Greece will have to default. And this is giving everyone the jitters. Not least is US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner who preached to the Europeans to act more forcefully to solve their crisis. Yeah, he can talk. "Why do you ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... all the profits in the world wouldn't matter if Uncle Sam is unable to service its debt. In a letter to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Matthew E. Zames -- JPMorgan Chase managing director and chairman of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee ...