Tag: Timothy Geithner

• Thursday, May 22nd 2014 - 00:40 UTC

  Bernanke now makes more money speaking to bankers than in one year as Fed chairman

  

  The former chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, who during eight years piloted the world’s largest economy through the worst financial and economic crisis since the Depression of last century, is now reaping the fruits of his success.

• Monday, May 19th 2014 - 08:57 UTC

  Berlusconi claims he was forced out of office by a 'plot', according to Geithner's book

  

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he was forced out of office as a result of a “plot” by European Union officials. Berlusconi made the remarks last week following the publication of a book authored by former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 05:10 UTC

  Jack Lew closer to becoming US Treasury Secretary; Senate votes Hagel for the Pentagon

  

  Jack Lew won the Senate Finance Committee’s approval to become US Treasury secretary and a full vote in the upper house confirmed Chuck Hagel as the next US defense secretary. The Senate approved the nomination Tuesday in a vote of 58 to 41.

• Friday, January 11th 2013 - 08:25 UTC

  Obama nominates budget expert to replace Geithner as Treasury Secretary

  

  US President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated his chief of staff, Jack Lew, as the next Treasury secretary, praising him as a expert on the pressing national issues of spending cuts and deficit reduction.

• Thursday, November 15th 2012 - 06:38 UTC

  “A modest tax increase on the wealthy is not going to break their backs” said Obama

  

  President Obama has reiterated his call for high earners in the US to pay more in taxes, in his first news conference since winning re-election. He called for quick legislation to rule out tax rises on the first 250.000 dollars of income, but refused to extend cuts for the wealthiest 2%.

• Friday, November 9th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Why foreign policy holds the key to Obama’s second term

  

  President Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney is a landmark moment in US politics. He is only the second Democratic president to win re-election since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, doing so despite a very challenging economic headwind of sluggish growth and comparatively high unemployment in the United States.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 17:03 UTC

  Geithner defends US response during the 2008 Libor-rate credibility slump

  

  US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended his response in 2008 to concerns that emerged over the benchmark Libor interest rate, arguing on Wednesday that US regulators pushed early and forcefully for reforms.

• Friday, June 1st 2012 - 02:20 UTC

  Spain calls on US and IMF for political support in helping the banking system

  

  The United States and Spain discussed the possibility that direct loans from Europe's emergency fund could be a solution for ailing European banks, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Thursday.

• Monday, April 23rd 2012 - 09:40 UTC

  IMF governing panel calls for more action from Euro zone to prevent recession

  

  Europe was pressed by other world powers to take strong measures to fix its debt-heavy economy and restore growth to a level that would lift the cloud hanging over the fragile global recovery.

• Monday, March 26th 2012 - 09:40 UTC

  US supports competition but confident its nominee will lead the World Bank

  

  Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee to lead the World Bank, will win broad international support despite an unprecedented challenge by candidates from emerging economies, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in an interview.