Posts Tagged ‘Secretary Timothy Geithner’

GEITHNER PUSHES APEC TO ADOPT MARKET-SET CURRENCIES

Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:07

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Asia-Pacific nations need “market-oriented” currencies that are in line with their economic fundamentals to encourage new sources of growth. Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group, which make up more than half of the world’s gross domestic product, must focus on strategies to ...

This was posted under category: Politics, World  |  Read Full Story  |  0 Comments

APEC MINISTERS URGE FLEXIBLE FX TO EASE IMBALANCES

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:22

Asia-Pacific finance ministers  were set to call for flexible exchange rates among measures to  try to reduce global economic imbalances that were at the heart  of the financial crisis.    The 21-member Pacific Rim group includes China, which is  under pressure, particularly from the United States, to allow its  currency to rise, ...

This was posted under category: Politics, World  |  Read Full Story  |  0 Comments

US TREASURY’S GEITHNER TO ATTEND SINGAPORE APEC MEETING ON NOV 12

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:45

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner travels to Singapore to attend a meeting of finance ministers who are members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum for one day next month. Geithner will meet fellow finance ministers on Nov 12 for talks on issues related to the global economic crisis, ...

This was posted under category: Politics, World  |  Read Full Story  |  0 Comments

MANU BHASKARAN: SHOULD SINGAPORE’S POLICIES CHANGE WITH THE EMERGING RECOVERY?

Saturday, September 5, 2009 7:04

WITH THE ECONOMIC data now clearly pointing to recovery, policy makers are raising the issue of the exit from the ultra-loose monetary and fiscal policies they employed to prevent a major economic depression last year. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner recently observed that while it was still premature to withdraw ...

This was posted under category: Politics, World  |  Read Full Story  |  0 Comments

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT PANEL VERSUS SUMMERS, BERNANKE AND GEITHNER

Thursday, August 13, 2009 0:15

Yesterday's report by the Congressional Oversight Panel on the bailouts concludes that banks remain threatened by billions of dollars of bad loans on their balance sheets, and more could fail if the economy worsens, and that - if unemployment rises sha...

This was posted under category: Economy, Politics  |  Read Full Story  |  0 Comments

ROBERT SCHEER: THE CHINESE COME CALLING

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:28

What a hoot. The Chinese Communists invaded Washington on Monday demanding not that we sacrifice our freedoms but rather that we balance our budget. Creditors...

This was posted under category: Politics  |  Read Full Story  |  0 Comments