Timothy Geithner

• Geithner Says U.S. Expansion Can Continue Absent ‘Dumb Mistakes’

  Former U.S. Treasury Secretary says there’s no reason the decade-long U.S. expansion can’t continue absent “some dumb mistakes”.

• The Biggest Legacy of the Financial Crisis Is the Trump Presidency

  The story of American politics over the past decade is how the forces Obama and Geithner failed to contain reshaped the world.

• Bernanke, Geithner, Paulson Voice Some Concern About Next Crisis

  Former Fed chiefs voice concern about America’s ability to combat another financial meltdown.

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  India Improved Relationship With Neighbours Under PM Modi: Arun Jaitley

  From being in the midst of a disturbed neighbourhood, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's relations with its neighbours have improved, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.

• Timothy Geithner: Suggested Hillary Clinton as Possible Successor

  Timothy Geithner says in a new memoir that he considered stepping down as Treasury secretary in 2010 after the financial crisis and suggested Hillary Rodham Clinton as a possible successor.

• US Senate approves Jack Lew as new Treasury chief

  The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jack Lew as President Barack Obama's new Treasury secretary, putting the former White House chief of staff in the middle of a bitter political fight over the government's budget.

• Geithner may have alerted BofA, other banks on rate cut: US Fed official

  In the summer of 2007, as storm clouds gathered over the world's financial system, then-New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner allegedly informed the Bank of America and other banks about the possibility the US central bank would lower one of its critical interest rates, according to a senior Fed official.

• US could default by Feb if borrowing authority not extended: Timothy Geithner

  The US had hit the $16.4 billion debt ceiling on December 31. Since then it has employed "extraordinary measures" to avoid any default, but it might end up mid-February if the debt limit is not increased, he said.

• White House does not rule out $1 trillion coin

  The White House has not categorically ruled out the possibility of minting a $1 trillion coin if the US Congress fails to raise the debt limit.

• Wall Street falls for 4th day, at day's lows as fear rises

  US stocks fell for the fourth day on Thursday, sliding to session lows at midday as a measure of investor anxiety hit its highest in five months after a top Senate Democrat warned that an agreement to avoid fiscal austerity measures would not be reached by the end-of-year deadline.

• Republican House Speaker says Obama pushing US toward 'fiscal cliff'

  Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of pushing the country toward the "fiscal cliff" on Friday and of wasting another week without making progress in talks.

• Debt limit gives Republicans leverage, President Obama demands fix

  The government is on track to hit its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit later this month. And while the Treasury can keep the government functioning through early next year, President Barack Obama is bluntly insisting that any deal on the fiscal cliff include an end to brinkmanship on the debt ceiling.

• President Obama remains tough on 'fiscal cliff'

  President Barack Obama and Republicans crept closer to negotiations on avoiding a recession-threatening package of automatic tax increases and spending cuts, but the White House reaffirmed it would not budge on demands for higher taxes on the wealthy.

• 'Can't promise' US won't go over fiscal cliff: Timothy Geithner

  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday that he "can't promise" that the United States won't go over so-called fiscal cliff, insisting it is up to congressional Republicans.

• Geithner to lead US Treasury into 2013

  U.S. 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.