Tim GEithner

The Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday that major changes must be made to the two mortgage giants being kept afloat thanks to taxpayer billions, but it sees continued government support. Is that a good idea?

When George W. Bush cut $1.3 trillion in taxes back in 2002, 36.7% of the money went to the top 1% of Americans. If those tax cuts for the wealthiest are allowed to expire, Republicans could get closer to something they claim to want: a balanced budget. So why are they fighting it so hard?

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says, "We're in a much stronger position to manage those challenges" stemming from Europe's financial troubles. But the evidence doesn't support his claim.

Tim Geithner believes that the U.S. won't be hurt by the fallout from Europe's debt crisis. But several big economic factors may prove the Treasury Secretary wrong.

You might think it's a bit late in coming, but Attorney General Eric Holder announced a Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force on Tuesday. Holder will lead the group along with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Securities and Exchange...

Have you ever wondered why Wall Street was able to get $23.7 trillion from the federal government after making some bad bets that wiped out $30 trillion in stock market value worldwide and helped throw 15.1 million people out of work? Are you curious about how Wall Street's workers will earn record...

According to an exclusive report in The Wall Street Journal, a private meeting between Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the heads of several agencies that regulate parts of the financial system went about as badly as it could have. The paper reports that Geithner "blasted top U.S. financial...

Timothy Geithner, the Treasury Secretary, made an aggressive and spirited defense of the US government's use of hundreds of billions of dollars to revive the flagging American economy to other members of the G8. From the standpoint of the other financial ministers at the gathering in Italy, his...

Just when I think I have heard it all, they come up with something even more eye-poppingly incredible. Step right up, folks! First they sucked you into the dot-com boom, before wiping out your tech stocks. Next they urged you to buy houses with money you couldn't pay back, so you could watch those...

Stocks fell sharply to start today's trading session. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's comments about running out management and boards of directors at banks which need capital did not help, nor did an influential banking analyst coming out with very negative coverage of the sector at a new...