U.S. Reaches $14 Trillion Debt Limit
Monday, May 16th, 2011As predicted, the United States federal government reached its borrowing limit on Monday, cracking a $14 trillion cap on debt. Treasury chief Tim Geithner
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US calls on China to spend more
Monday, May 9th, 2011US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner urges China to boost domestic spending at the opening of a bilateral summit in Washington.
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US calls on China to spend more
Obama to Push Corporate Tax Reform
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011Is corporate tax reform going to be the next big issue in Washington? Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who has been having a series of closed-door meetings with CEOs, academics, labor unions, and think tanks, plans to kick things off by unveiling a…
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Obama to Push Corporate Tax Reform
Geithner Confident Congress Will Raise Debt Limit
Sunday, April 17th, 2011Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Republicans are assuring the administration that they will pass an increase in the government’s borrowing limit in time to prevent an unprecedented default on the nation’s debt.
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First Move on Tax Reform
Sunday, January 16th, 2011The White House took its first step on what’s bound to be a long and bumpy road: Tax reform. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with finance officials from nearly 20 companies to discuss corporate tax rates. The chief financial officer of Cisco…
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First Move on Tax Reform
Obama to Appoint Sperling as Economic Adviser
Friday, January 7th, 2011President Obama will announce Friday that Gene Sperling, a former Clinton administration official and current adviser to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, will serve as director of the National Economic Council. It’s another appointment seen as a move…
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Geithner, Lew to Broker Tax-Cut Deal
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010President Obama is turning to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in his time of need: He has assigned Geithner and OMB Chief Jacob Lew to broker a compromise to extend the Bush tax cuts. Obama wants to extend the Bush tax cuts only for families…
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Geithner, Lew to Broker Tax-Cut Deal
China and US tone down trade spat
Monday, November 8th, 2010US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and a Chinese counterpart calm trade tensions as Asia-Pacific finance ministers meet.
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China and US tone down trade spat
G-20 split over Geithner plan
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010The Obama administration has offered what it hopes is an elegant solution to the thorny problem of conflicting global currency and trade policies that keep the world economy unstable.
