Entries Categorized as 'timothy geithner treasury secretary'

Geithner: Will He Disappoint? Excerpts from Upcoming Speech

Date February 10, 2009

The focus in the financial markets this morning is on US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. He is set to unveil the Obama Administration’s Financial Rescue Plan and the TARP portion of the plan is being rebranded as the Financial Stability Plan and the big question is “Will the rescue plan be enough to turn [...]

Currencies Soar on Reports that Obama Picks Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary

Date November 21, 2008

On a day when the market had nothing to be happy about, the leak of President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet announcements have erased one major uncertainty for the financial markets, helping equities and currencies recover. The NY Times reports that Hillary Clinton has accepted the post of Secretary of State and NBC reports that Timothy [...]