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By: Suzanne Elio
Thursday, September 27, 2012
In advance of tomorrow’s meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council), Secretary Geithner today sent a letter to the members of the Council regarding recent developments in the effort to reform the money market fund industry and address the threats those funds can pose to the stability of the financial system.
Posted in: Financial Stability Oversight Council
By: Hagar Hajjar Chemali
Earlier this month, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen delivered a speech to the New York University School of Law about the law and policy of Iran sanctions.
Posted in: Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
By: Sophie Raseman and Nicholas Bramble
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Treasury today launched a new Finance Data Directory, which will make finance-related data sets from multiple federal agencies available to the public in one convenient location.
Posted in: Consumer Policy
By: Hagar Hajjar Chemali
Thursday, September 13, 2012
While marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Tuesday, Secretary Geithner met with the staff of Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI).
Posted in: Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
By: Anthony Reyes
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Last night, Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Tim Massad appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer to discuss Treasury’s $20.7 billion public offering this week of AIG common stock.
Posted in: Media Appearances
By: Timothy G. Massad
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
During the financial crisis, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve committed a combined total of $182 billion to stabilize AIG. That assistance was a critical part of a broad-based effort to break the back of an historic financial panic and prevent a second Great Depression.
Posted in: Financial Institutions
By: Alvina McHale
Monday, September 10, 2012
Life has a way of delivering some unexpected twists and turns, which is why every parent may relate to the story of Rich and Lynne of Pembroke, Massachusetts.
Posted in: Making Home Affordable
By: Andrea Risotto
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
First established to help struggling Latino families in the Chicago area, today the Spanish Coalition for Housing (SCH) operates three satellite offices to provide bilingual counseling and financial literacy services to homeowners from across Illinois and southwestern Indiana.
Posted in: Making Home Affordable
By: Franklin Noll
Thursday, August 30, 2012
August 29, 2012 marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP).
Posted in: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
By: Kara Alaimo
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Finance ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meeting in Moscow, Russia, today issued a communiqué expressing our joint commitment to strong, sustainable and balanced global growth.
Posted in: International Affairs
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