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  • US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says no reason for Fed chair Jerome Powell to resign immediately

    Bessent noted that Powell's term as Fed chair ends in May 2026, and that he should see out his full term if he wants to.

  • US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pitches 'friendshoring', says Indo-US ties stronger than ever before

    As the pandemic redraws the trade and economic map of the world, the Biden administration has mooted friendshoring or allyshoring - manufacturing and sourcing components and raw materials within a group of like-minded countries.

  • India will 'benefit' from price cap on Russian oil: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

    Developing countries like India and China have been increasingly buying discounted Russian oil as global energy prices remain high and Western nations seek to scale down their reliance on Russian energy.

  • Pastries and Persuasion: How a global tax deal got done

    From Zoom meetings to top-notch tax experts, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tapped all possible resources to win over the reluctant countries

  • Yellen makes case for Ireland to join global tax deal

    The global tax deal would change how taxing rights were allocated, allowing countries to collect levies from large, profitable multinational firms

  • Investors also need to ‘act big’ as Yellen signals regime change

    Yellen, a former Fed chair, is an ultimate “insider” who understands monetary policy theory and practice and, also, how fiscal and monetary policy can be interlinked

  • Mnuchin to end some Fed Emergency programmes, limiting Biden

    Removing them could leave significant corners of the financial world vulnerable to the type of volatility that cascaded through the system as virus fears mounted in the spring

  • It will be months not years for the US economy to be back on track: Top US official

    The country's economy has been ravaged by the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis. More than 22 million people have lost their jobs, as the heavy job-creating sectors like travel and tourism has come to a standstill.

  • US Treasury chief warns China against currency devaluations

    There are several factors behind the recent fall in the Chinese yuan, or renminbi (RMB), including economic issues in China, Mnuchin he told the newspaper ahead of meetings in Bali, Indonesia of the IMF, World Bank and G20.

  • China aims to cut steel glut, avoid race to devalue yuan: US

    Jacob Lew said today that China had agreed to try to wind down unprofitable "zombie enterprises" and to push ahead with reforms to make its economy more balanced.

  • US presses Japan on forex market intervention threat

    US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew kept up the pressure on Japan on May 21 not to devalue its currency after repeated threats by Tokyo to intervene in forex markets to tame a resurgent yen

  • US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to meet FM Arun Jaitley in Davos

    Both Jaitley and Lew are in Davos to attend the World Economic Forum. The two leaders are expected to discuss bilateral economic relationship during their meeting today.

  • China to expand fin reform, give mkts more say: Li Keqiang

    Li Keqiang said China successfully swerved systemic financial risks and that there was no long-term basis for depreciation of China's currency, the renminbi. Li was speaking at a meeting with former US treasury secretary Henry Paulson.

  • IMF-WB appreciative of India's policy steps: FinMin

    Finance Ministry on Sunday said international agencies like IMF, World Bank and OECD are highly appreciative of India's policy initiatives and measures to deal with tax evasion at global level.

  • What level on the S&P is the 'Yellen put'?

    Central banks have been purchasing fixed-income assets in secondary bond markets since the global financial crisis of 2008. The aim is to boost liquidity in the banking sector and thus encourage banks to lend to the wider economy.

  • Jaitley's Budget hint: Poll results don't dictate reforms

    Intimating mediapersona about the dialogue between the two nations, Jaitley said the discussions veered around ease of doing business in India, scope of investment in infra and manufacturing, terror funding, money laundering cooperation to check black money etc.

  • How a German tech giant trims its US tax bill

    In July 2012, the then US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had explained to the German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble that the most aggressive forms of avoidance involved tech companies parking valuable know-how in low-tax countries and making other parts of the company pay high rates to use it

  • Chidambaram to leave for four-day US tour today

    Finance minister P Chidambaram will leave for a four-day visit to the United States on Monday to woo investments for India. He will be meeting the US Treasury Secretary and other industrialists there.

  • China's stock intervention; expect more meddling

    China's government has been meddling in the markets by buying shares in the country`s four big banks, a move analysts expect to continue until jitters about high interbank lending rates and concerns about the economic outlook ease

  • Obama's Treasury choice untested outside budget expertise

    President Barack Obama broke the mold on Thursday by choosing a budget wonk to serve as US Treasury secretary, leaving gaps on the international and financial side that could make for a rocky transition.

  • Geithner's planned departure puts Obama in tough spot

    US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plans to leave near the end of January put the White House in a tricky spot, depriving the Obama administration of its longest-serving economic adviser for its next fiscal showdown with Congress.

  • Geithner to lead US Treasury into 2013

    US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to stay on into early next year to help the Obama administration forge a deal with lawmakers to avert a looming fiscal crisis, the White House said on Friday.

  • India's reforms initiatives very promising: Geithner

    Describing India's recent reforms initiatives as "very promising", US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today said it would have positive outcomes for the country's economy.

  • US treasury secy to visit India in Oct

    US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would be paying two-day visit to India early next month for the third round of high-level economic dialogue between the two nations.

  • Draghi under pressure to deliver on pledge to save euro

    European Central Bank President Mario Draghi must back up his pledge to do what it takes to protect the euro when the bank's policymakers meet on Thursday or else face deep disappointment from investors hungry for - and expecting - immediate action.

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