Bessent Says US Prioritizing Payments, in Unusual Maneuver

We’re having to prioritize payments,” Bessent said on Fox Business Monday. The failure of Congress to pass appropriations ...

Mnuchin asks Republican senators to trust in future Treasury, Fed actions

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Republicans on Friday that he hopes they will continue to show trust in the Treasury and Federal Reserve to manage ...
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Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen urge Supreme Court to let Lisa Cook keep her job as a Fed governor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to preserve the Federal ...

Yellen would need Congress to approve use of clawed-back Fed loan funds -Treasury

President-elect Joe Biden's Treasury secretary will need Congress to approve re-use of $455 billion in funds that the Trump administration is taking back from Federal Reserve and other pandemic ...