swamppolitics.com - 3/25/2009
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by Frank James
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had been having a relatively good week until today.
On Monday, he introduced his detailed bank-rescue plan which financial markets greeted with a huge rally.
Yesterday, he did fairly well weathering congressional questioning of his role in ...
politico.com - 3/25/2009
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politico.com —
Geithner, at the Council on Foreign Relations, said
the U.S. is "open" to a headline-grabbing proposal by...
the governor of the China's central bank, which was widely reported as being a call for a new global currency to replace the dollar, ...
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Geithner 'open' to China proposal
online.wsj.com - 3/26/2009
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online.wsj.com —
As if the dollar didn't have enough problems,
Timothy Geithner took China's bait yesterday and said he...
was "quite open" to its suggestion this week to displace the greenback with an "international reserve currency." The dollar promptly fell and stocks ...
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China and the Dollar
washingtonpost.com - 3/20/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
President Obama's claim that Timothy Geithner faces a
more daunting set of challenges than any Treasury secretary...
since Alexander Hamilton may be an exaggeration, but not by much. Geithner may indeed be the hardest-working man in Washington. But to ...
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Does Tim Geithner Get It?
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GEITHNER Open to Chinese Dollar-Replacement Plan?
Geithner, at the Council on Foreign Relations, …
Instapundit —
... Secretary Timothy Geithner sent the dollar tumbling with comments about China’s ideas for overhauling the global monetary system, only to drive it back up by affirming that it should remain the world’s reserve currency.
The affirmation came only in response to Roger Altman’s last-minute save in the form of a request for “clarification.” This kind of thing just adds to the sense of a team that’s not ready for prime time.
Also: Geithner Misses Lifeline, Sinks Dollar.
And, as the image below from Memeorandum earlier ...
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Geithner comment causes dollar drop
politico.com 3/25/2009 —
I noted earlier that Tim Geithner had been surprisingly sanguine about a new world currency, and had to be pulled back onto his tightrope by former Clinton Treasury official Roger Altman.
Currency traders noticed too: The dollar fell on his ...
What Did Geithner Not Know And When Did He Not Know It?
justoneminute.typepad.com 3/18/2009 — From the WSJ live-blog of Liddy's House appearance comes this nugget: 1:47: Rep. Scott Garrett (R., N.J.) asks more about the timeline. Liddy said that talking last week to Tim Geithner, the Treasury secretary, Geithner indicated he learned about the...
UPDATE 3-Geithner tells China its dollar assets are safe
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reuters.com 6/1/2009 — * Dollar assets are safe, Geithner assures China * Recession losing force; U.S., China must alter growth tack * Backs strong dollar, calls for more flexible yuan * China says cooperation can boost global confidence (Adds Chinese Vice-Premier Wang's ...
UPDATE 3-Geithner tells China its dollar assets are safe
reuters.com 6/1/2009 — * Dollar assets are safe, Geithner assures China * Recession losing force; U.S., China must alter growth tack * Backs strong dollar, calls for more flexible yuan * China says cooperation can boost global confidence (Adds Chinese Vice-Premier Wang's ...
Geithner Did It
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 3/21/2009 — Now he tells us? Sharp intake of breath : Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told CNN Thursday his department
asked Sen. Chris Dodd to include a loophole in the stimulus bill that
allowed bailed-out insurance giant American International Group to ...
China To Geithner: It Would Be Helpful If You Could Show Us Some Numbers
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 6/2/2009 — Geithner told China yesterday that the Obama Administration was committed to bringing down the US deficit. Really? Barack Obama will quadruple the deficit this year. Geithner also told China that Team Obama wants to bring down the deficit next year ...
What Geithner Still Needs To Do
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/10/2009 — Tim Geithner had to do two things this morning: (1) raise public
confidence in the whole idea of bailing out the banking system,
enough to allow the administration to use the second $350 billion Congress
has already authorized without too much ...
Time To Fire Tim Geithner
businessinsider.com 3/6/2009 — timgeithner-angry_tbi.jpg We don't mean to sound impatient, but we've seen enough. The country is in the middle of the worst financial crisis in 75 years, and the second-most-important person in charge clearly isn't the right man for the job. When ...
Has Anyone Seen Tim Geithner?
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 3/3/2009 —
In a rare outing in public, he's on Capitol Hill today, and we learn from the WSJ that
No decision has been made on the final structure of what the administration is calling a private-public financing partnership, but one leading idea is to ...
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