Timothy Geithner

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Timothy Geithner

An American economist and civil servant. He worked in the U.S. Treasury Department for most of his early career. In 2003, he became president of the New York Federal Reserve. In 2009, he became the United States Secretary of the Treasury. In these capacities, he helped arrange the bailouts of the American financial and automotive industries. Geithner was born in 1961.

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Timothy Geithner, Lew's predecessor, also had a messy signature, but a cleaned-up version was stamped on paper money.

Secretary of scribble?

Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner said in a letter to congressional leaders that the department will use accounting measures to save approximately $200bn.

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said it would take accounting measures to save about 200 billion dollars to prevent reaching the 16.4tn dollars borrowing limit.

US Treasury to take 'extraordinary measures' amid fiscal cliff deadlock

Summary: US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday the global economy was on the mend, but more needed to be done to stoke domestic demand in China and fix Europe's fiscal woes.

World economy needs action from China, EU: Geithner

Former Federal Deposit insurance Corp Chairmen Sheila Bair has stated in her recent book that treasury secretary Timothy Geithner lobbied to reduce the capital standard proposed to be maintained by banks under the Basel regulations.

-Geithner lobbied for lower capital standard, says Bair

Meanwhile, it emerged US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner revealed he warned UK authorities about problems with the Libor in 2008.

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economy is getting stronger, albeit slowly, putting it in a better position to deal with rising gasoline prices, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday.

U.S. economy growing albeit slowly - Geithner

"Europe has made a lot of progress in trying to convince investors around the world and in Europe that they are going to do what's necessary to reduce the risk of a catastrophic financial failure in Europe," US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a television interview, on 24 February.

EUROZONE AT G20

Summary: Les responsables europeens, dont les ministres des Finances francais et allemand, se sont efforces hier vendredi a Davos de convaincre le reste du monde, dont les Etats-Unis representes par leur secretaire au Tresor Timothy Geithner, que leur strategie face a la crise de la zone euro est la bonne.

Crise : L'Europe veut convaincre a Davos que sa strategie est la bonne

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the EU sanctions "are another strong step in the international effort to dramatically increase the pressure on Iran" over its controversial nuclear intentions.

U.S. Welcomes EU Sanctions on Iran

The comments came as US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met Chinese leaders to try to press the case for sanctions on Iran, which Beijing -- a key consumer of Iranian oil -- has repeatedly opposed.

China calls for co-operation between Iran and IAEA

Summary: WASHINGTON: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will travel to Europe next week for a series of meetings in Germany, France and Italy as leaders pursue a plan to solve the European debt crisis, the Treasury Department announced Friday.