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Geithner: Some bailout funds
to help lower debt

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government’s $700 billion bailout program will end “as soon as we can” and that part of it will be used to lower the soaring federal debt. ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Atlanta Journal Constitution,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Timothy F. Geithner,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Kevin Brady,  Federal Reserve

US official: some bailout funds will lower deficit

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government's $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used to lower the record U.S. budget deficit. During a Joint Economic Committee hearing, ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  House Financial Services Committee,  U.S. Senate,  Timothy F. Geithner,  White House

Geithner: some bailout funds to help lower deficit

WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government's $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used to lower the record deficit. During a Joint Economic Committee hearing, Geithner ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, San Diego Union-Tribune,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  House Financial Services Committee,  U.S. Senate,  Timothy F. Geithner,  White House

Geithner urges prompt action on financial overhaul

During a Joint Economic Committee hearing, Geithner was pressed to disclose the administration's plan for dealing with the unpopular financial rescue program. He did not say how much of the bailout would go toward paying down the deficit, which hit an ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: House Financial Services Committee,  White House

Geithner urges prompt action on overhaul

U .S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Congress must keep pushing forward to overhaul the nation's badly flawed financial rules because revamping the system is essential for the health of the economy. In prepared congressional testimony, Mr. ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Timothy F. Geithner

Home builders’ fears hinder recovery

The budding economic recovery isn’t getting much help from the home building industry, which normally creates jobs and drives growth when a recession ends. ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Atlanta Journal Constitution,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Commerce Department,  Labor Department

US sees faster rise in prices

CONSUMER prices in the United States edged up faster than expected last month, driven higher by another increase in energy prices and the biggest jump in new car prices in 28 years. Still, prices are lower than they were a year ago and inflation is ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Shanghai Daily,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Labor Department,  Federal Reserve,  Ben Bernanke

Weak home building a drag on economic recovery

WASHINGTON - The budding economic recovery is getting little help from the home building industry, which normally creates jobs and boosts growth as a recession ends. ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.,  Wal-Mart,  Best Buy,  Commerce Department,  U.S. Congress

Consumer prices up 0.3 percent in October

WASHINGTON Consumer prices edged up faster than expected in October, driven higher by another increase in energy prices and the biggest jump in new car prices in 28 years. Still, prices are lower than they were a year ago and inflation is expected to ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, San Diego Union-Tribune,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Labor Department,  Federal Reserve,  Ben Bernanke

Value of loans at biggest banks drops in Sept.

WASHINGTON - The value of loans held by the largest banks who received the largest amounts of government bailout support fell for an eighth consecutive month in September, according to the Treasury Department. ...

From MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United States Department of the Treasury,  Barack Obama,  Goldman Sachs,  Morgan Stanley,  Bank of America

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