Treasury Department

Steven Pearlstein: Is Obama's On Wall Street's Side -- Or Main Street's?

Steven Pearlstein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business


Fairly or unfairly, the official who has come to personify this let-them-eat-stuffing attitude is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who can't seem to d...

Faced With Strong Banks And Weak Credit Markets, Treasury May Be Rethinking TARP

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue th...

Shahien Nasiripour

Systemic Risk Panel Would Lack Independence; Treasury Secretary Would Call The Shots

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


If the White House and congressional leaders get their way, the vaunted new oversight council charged with overseeing systemic risk in the financial m...

Jamie Dimon, Treasury Secretary? Evaluating The Rumors

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


The New York Post reported this morning that lawmakers are discussing JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as a potential replacement for current Treasury S...

The Key Question No One Asked About Goldman's Role In The AIG Bailout

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

Did Goldman and the other banks know for certain that the bankruptcy of AIG was no longer a risk for them? That the Fed and Treasury were now irrevocably committed to saving AIG?

Foreclosures Down 3% In October From September

AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — The number of homeowners on the brink of losing their homes dipped in October, the third straight monthly decline, as foreclosure pre...

Absolute Corruption Is the Rule in America

David A. Love | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


David A. Love

Often, people will look at a high-profile example of corruption, and conclude that the egregious act is an exception to the rule. In reality, it might be the tip of the iceberg.

Federal Reserve-Led Regulation Opposed By Lawmakers From Both Parties

Patrice Hill | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


An unusual alliance of conservatives and liberals is pushing to break up or downsize banks deemed "too big to fail," rather than create a new regulato...

Homebuyers' Tax Credit Set To Be Extended By Congress

nytimes.com | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- The Senate and House are poised to agree on a compromise measure to extend unemployment benefits that also would expand a popular $8,000...

Treasury Officials Meet With Financial Bloggers

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


Michael J. Panzner

The meeting, admittedly, left most of us feeling like we had more questions after it ended than when it started -- I did learn a few things at the gathering that I found particularly interesting.

Barney Frank Disagrees With Obama On Fund, May Face Fight With Some Financial Firms

bloomberg.com | Alison Vekshin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Barney Frank, chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, reversed course on paying to unwind failed financial fi...

"TARP on Steroids"

David Sirota | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

The Obama administration, far from backing off or restricting TARP, is quietly moving forward a plan to create an even bigger, more permanent TARP.

"Too Big To Fail" Bill Unveiled By Treasury Department, House Dems

The Huffington Post | Ryan MCCarthy | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business


The Treasury Department and the House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (D - Mass.) last night unveiled a sweeping new bill that atte...

Breaking Up the Big Banks, and Why Congress Won't Do It

Robert Reich | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


Robert Reich

Two ideas are floating around Washington regarding how to handle 'too big to fail' banks, but only one is supported by the Treasury and the White House. Unfortunately, it's the wrong one.

Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Administration Praises Consumer Protection Bill, Deflects Criticism Of Loopholes

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business


The Obama administration on Friday strongly praised a House committee's vote to create a new federal consumer financial protection agency, despite the...

Wall Street and Their Seductive Loan Promotions Tricked Many on Main Street

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


Rep. John Conyers

It is mind-boggling to believe that with such a vast operation, banking giants like JP Morgan Chase were not the least bit aware of the wrongful subprime lending practices being undertaken.

Wall Street Is More of a Threat to Obama's Domestic Agenda than Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Joseph A. Palermo

Whatever Obama decides to do in Afghanistan is of little consequence compared to Wall Street's ongoing "plutonomy."

Secret Service Spread Thin By Increase In Threats Against U.S. Leaders

Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


An internal Congressional Research Service report says that the Secret Service does not that have the resources to deal with the unprecedented number ...

Czar Blocks Bank Of America Chief's Pay

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS and VINNEE TONG | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Capping a year in which he faced shareholder fury, regulatory scrutiny and was stripped of his chairman post, outgoing Bank of America Co...

Treasury To Big Banks: Repay Bailout Now

New York Times | Edmund Andrews | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Concluding that some of the nation's biggest banks are in good enough shape to raise capital from private investors, senior Treasury officials would l...

JPMorgan Interest-Only Loan Periods: Bank Works With Administration On Breaks For Borrowers

bloomberg.com | Jody Shenn and Dawn Kopecki | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business


Banks will push the Obama administration to expand its mortgage-modification program to allow interest-only periods on reworked loans, seeking to brin...

TARP Deadbeats: 33 Firms Miss Dividend Payments

Reuters | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


Thirty-three TARP recipients missed a scheduled dividend payment to taxpayers last month, according to the Treasury Department, including 18 banks tha...

Economic Reform is Overdue

Mary Shannon Little | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


Mary Shannon Little

One would hope Congress would have approached Wall Street reform with the same gusto they have brought to debating a public option in health care. It's time to tackle the thorny issues that brought us to this point.

The Statistics Of The Great Recession

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 point...

Citigroup is Well Run: Why The Treasury's Plan Will Fail

Bruce Judson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


Bruce Judson

The modern history of finance, combined with ever advancing technology, shows that the locus of the next crisis is not predictable. We will always be regulating to prevent the causes of yesterday's failure.