WASHINGTON, May 26 - The U.S. Treasury Department is considering its options for further financial sanctions against North Korea after Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon and fired short range missiles, a Treasury official said on...
WASHINGTON, March 28 - President Barack Obama on Saturday named three choices for senior posts in the U.S. Treasury Department as his administration seeks to fill the ranks of officials to help confront a deep...
WASHINGTON, March 23 - The U.S. Treasury does not know whether it will need more federal funds to stabilize the U.S. financial system, but it still has "substantial resources" from the $700 billion bailout to...
BEIJING, March 23 - China will continue to buy U.S. Treasuries, viewing the credit risk as low overall, Hu Xiaolian, a vice governor of the People's Bank of China, said on Monday. Hu, who is...
WASHINGTON, March 5 - Two top contenders for senior posts at the U.S. Treasury have withdrawn, people familiar with the moves said on Thursday, dealing a blow to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's efforts to build...
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 - The U.S. Treasury Department is battling an epic financial crisis that hasn't paused since the Obama administration took over, but the department's bank-like, colonnaded building still has a lot of empty...
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it was doubling its financial support for housing finance enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to allow them to play a bigger role supporting...
HONG KONG, Nov 26 - China should no longer buy U.S. Treasury securities because the recent gains in the dollar may be short-lived, eroding the future value of such holdings, an economist with a government...
* US Treasury bond is partnership between China and US-source * Debt ratings only one factor in reserve decisions-sources * No alternatives to dollar-India, Japan, S.Korea sources (Adds details, quotes) TOKYO/SEOUL, June 3 - Asia's...
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 - The Treasury Department announced on Friday that it will convert a significant share of the preferred stock it holds in struggling bank Citigroup to common stock as long as others also...