Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, is meeting Treasury officials in London as part of the IMF’s check-up of the UK economy.
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VIDEO: IMF chief Christine Lagarde speaks
The People’s Bank of China has enjoyed direct computer access to Treasury auctions since last year, allowing it to buy United States debt without first having to go through a Wall Street bank.
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Records Show China’s Private Link to Treasury Markets
China can now buy U.S. debt directly from the government, in what is the Treasury Department’s first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government.
President Obama plans to issue an executive order Wednesday giving the Treasury Department authority to freeze the U.S.-based assets of anyone who “obstructs” implementation of the administration-backed political transition in Yemen. Read full article > >
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Obama executive order will give Treasury authority to freeze U.S.-based assets in Yemen
U.S. diplomats have met with officials at the Chinese Foreign Ministry to try to hammer out an agreement on what to do about the blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrive Wednesday morning, a confidant of Chen’s said. Read full article > >
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Activist: U.S., Chinese officials seek deal on Chen Guangcheng by mid-week
U.S. diplomats have met with officials at the Chinese Foreign Ministry to try to hammer out an agreement on what to do about the blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng before Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner arrive Wednesday morning, a confidant of Chen’s said. Read full article > >
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Time and again last year, House Republican leaders faced a nearly intractable opponent: the very freshman class that propelled them into the majority with the historic 2010 midterm elections. Rebelling from the outset of the 112th Congress and later wreaking internal havoc during talks to increase the Treasury Department’s ability to borrow funds , the freshman class repeatedly created problems for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), according to a new book. Read full article > >
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The Treasury Department said it would freeze the American-based assets of Japan’s largest yakuza, the syndicates whose criminal activity has become a concern in Washington.
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U.S. Penalizes Japan’s Largest Organized-Crime Group
Italy arrested eight people on charges related to the seizure of $6 trillion in fake United States Treasury bonds, in a scam that stretched from Hong Kong to Switzerland.
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Italy Arrests 8 in Fake U.S. Treasury Bonds Scheme
The Treasury is criticised for the way it monitors government spending and manages risk, in an MPs’ report.
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Accounts ‘expose Treasury flaws’
The UK Treasury announces plans to make London the leading international centre for trading the Chinese currency, the yuan.
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London planning yuan trading hub
The leaders of the Federal Reserve went around the room saluting Alan Greenspan during his last major meeting as chairman of the central bank Jan. 31, 2006. Then Timothy F. Geithner, at the time the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and now Treasury secretary, made a prediction. Read full article > >
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Greenspan image tarnished by newly released documents
TOKYO — Japan on Thursday agreed to cut its dependence on Iranian oil, bolstering the U.S.-led effort to choke off funding for Iran’s nuclear development program. The Japanese pledge, given during a visit here from Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, stood in contrast with resistance earlier this week from China , whose officials say that Iran’s uranium program and its energy sales shouldn’t be linked. Read full article > >
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Japan agrees to reduce oil imports from Iran
The successful sale of six-month Treasury bills appeared to reflect the impact of a new austerity package in Italy, as well as an infusion of liquidity into euro zone banks last week.
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Italy’s Borrowing Costs Drop Sharply at Auction
The chief secretary to the Treasury will update MPs on public sector pension negotiations, after broad agreements were reached with some unions.
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MPs to hear pensions row update
Obama executive order will give Treasury authority to freeze U.S.-based assets in Yemen
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