Timothy Geithner

Book News: Geithner Writing 'Behind The Scenes' Story Of The Financial Crisis

Annalisa Quinn — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:43:00 +0000

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Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a book deal with Crown to write an account of the financial crisis that will explain "how decisions were made during the most harrowing moments of the crisis, when policy makers faced a fog of uncertainty, risked catastrophic outcomes, and ha

REI Executive Tapped For Interior; Geithner Joins Council On Foreign Relations

Mark Memmott — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:07:00 +0000

Update at 2:25 p.m. ET.

Geithner Began With 'Smoldering' Economy; What Does He Leave?

John Ydstie — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:44:00 +0000
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has had a bruising four years. He took office when the U.S. economy was plunging into the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Nominating Jack Lew as Geithner's successor Thursday, President Obama praised his departing Treasury secretary for helping to get the economy back on track.
"With the wreckage of our economy still smoldering and unstable, I asked Tim to help put it back together," Obama said.

Experience Trumps Hope In Obama's 2nd-Term Cabinet Selections

Frank James — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:53:00 +0000
A re-elected president who gets to choose a second-term Cabinet has much more knowledge of the kind of team he needs than he did the first time around.
That's one simple way to understand President Obama's decisions as he creates his Cabinet 2.0.
The choices are not those of a president-elect who hasn't moved into the White House, or of a green president who hasn't watched his first international crisis unfold from his leather seat in the White House Situation Room.
They are, instead, the picks of a seasoned commander in chief comfortable with the levers of power and wiser in the cynical

Obama Settles On Jack Lew, His Chief Of Staff, For Treasury

Mark Memmott — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:40:00 +0000
Update: At 6 a.m. ET. Jan. 10, White House Announcement:
The White House has officially confirmed that President Obama will nominate his chief of staff, Jacob "Jack" Lew, to be the next Treasury secretary. According to a statement, the announcement is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.