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US Treasury ends money market guarantee
The program served its purposes of fomenting stability, and is being retired as the risk of a meltdown has passed, says Treasury secretary Geithner
US to end money-market guarantees this month
Treasury secretary Tim Geithner notes financial sector starting to wean itself of state support
US Treasury outlines banking reforms
Treasury wants standards to be as uniform as possible across jurisdictions
Fed rate setters impact US Treasury market
New York Federal Reserve assesses the microstructure if the US Treasury securities market
US Treasury official defends plans for consumer regulator
Neal Wolin argues new supervisor will eliminate “race to the bottom” among firms and regulators
Fed a natural for systemic-risk role: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says safeguarding systemic risk is a natural expansion of the central bank’s role
US regulators stake their claim
Barack Obama’s plans give too much to the Federal Reserve say Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chiefs
US's Barr: hedge fund advisers must register
US Treasury's Michael Barr on the Obama administration's proposed hedge fund legislation
US racks up biggest ever June deficit
Gap for current financial year tops $1 trillion
Washington names nine to buy toxic assets
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation give nine firms the right to buy assets under the legacy securities programme
US policymakers should implement Brady Plan-like measures
Boston Federal Reserve shows that lessons from the Latin American debt crisis can be applied to the US credit securitisation markets
Fed Hoenig: new rules must be simple
Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Thomas Hoenig calls for new rules for systemically-important institutions to be comprehensible
Treasury's Allison: financial system more stable
There are tentative signs that the financial system is beginning to stabilise and that the US Treasury's efforts have made an important contribution to this, said Herbert Allison Jr, the assistant secretary for financial stability at the US Treasury.
Your assets are safe, Geithner tells China
Timothy Geithner, US treasury secretary, sought to reassure the US's largest foreign creditor regarding its investments in dollar-denominated government debt.
Obama administration unveils derivatives overhaul
The United States on Wednesday proposed a series of radical reforms to the derivatives industry.
China warns on QE inflation threat
The People's Bank of China has said that quantitative easing posed huge risks for international markets and the global economy.
FDIC recruits former Fed counsel
Michael Bradfield, a former head of the Federal Reserve's legal team, has been named general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Fed sets boundaries for stability role
The Federal Reserve sought to clarify its role as a guardian of financial stability on Monday in an attempt to avoid taking what one regional Fed president has labelled "risky" fiscal action.
China concerned over Treasury holdings
Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister, has said that the country, which has the biggest stockpile of United States government debt in the world, is "a little worried" about its US Treasury holdings.
Russia bans SWFs from holding US agency debt
Moscow has banned its sovereign wealth funds from holding US agency debt, declaring the paper too illiquid.
Fed forced to drop tough loan rules to save AIG
The Federal Reserve has had to relax the terms of its support to American International Group (AIG) in its latest bid to save the world's largest insurer.
Reserve currencies and solving the new Triffin dilemma
Ousmène Jacques Mandeng argues that the dominance of official investors in the markets they invest in has limited their ability to liquidate their reserves during the crisis
Reactions to Tarp 2
Initial reaction on the new financial industry bailout plans announced on Tuesday, suggest that investors and observers are underwhelmed by the lack of details available at this stage and fear that the measures will continue to fall short of the…
Geithner unveils sweeping Tarp overhaul
Timothy Geithner, the secretary of the US Treasury, has announced plans to take up to $500 billion in bad assets off the books of struggling banks and expand the Federal Reserve's programme to support asset-backed securities to $1 trillion from the…