Tag: economics

• Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Mnuchin denies potential US unemployment of 20% but considers a US$ 2.000 stimulus check to every American

  

  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday vowed that unemployment would not reach 20%, seeking to clarify comments he made a day earlier on a worst-case economic scenario resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Greta Thunberg and US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin clash at Davos over climate change

  

  The United States' financial chief on Thursday told Swedish teen Greta Thunberg to go study before calling for a fossil fuel halt, prompting the climate campaigner to reply it doesn't “take a degree” to understand the science.