WASHINGTON, May 13 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday he will soon propose legislation to create a systemic risk fund that would be backed by large financial institutions and would cover losses...
WASHINGTON, May 12 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will visit Beijing next month for two days of meetings with top Chinese officials aimed at strengthening the economic relationship between the U.S. and China, the...
WASHINGTON, May 8 - Following are highlights from Reuters Television's interview with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday. ON GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR GMAC: "Financing is critical to this process, and that requires that GMAC...
WASHINGTON, May 8 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday that the Obama administration will provide "substantial support" to troubled financial firm GMAC in the form of more capital. "We're going to provide...
WASHINGTON, May 7 - The importance of the stress tests on the top U.S. banks lies in its transparency, Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters about the government's stress test, Geithner...
WASHINGTON, May 7 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that stress tests of the country's top 19 banks would help restore confidence and encourage lending, but warned there was still a way...
NEW YORK, May 7 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expects banks will pay back more than the $25 billion of government rescue funds that he had previously estimated, he said in an opinion piece...
WASHINGTON, May 6 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other officials including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will brief reporters about the results of bank stress tests on Thursday afternoon ahead of their public...
WASHINGTON, May 7 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that none of the 19 banks being examined under stress tests are at risk of insolvency. "None of those 19 banks are at...
WASHINGTON, April 24 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday that signs of an easing in the pace of deterioration in the global economy should not be confused with the start of recovery....