Tim Geithner

Obama nominates Lew to lead Treasury

By Jim Kuhnhenn | January 10, 2013

If confirmed, Lew would assume the post in time to face three looming fiscal deadlines.

The best idea for the debt ceiling? Abolish it forever

By Staff Writer | December 3, 2012

The debt ceiling isn't a weapon of legislative restraint. It's a just another cliff – a Financial Cliff – that warps Washington into behaving even more foolishly than normal.

President Romney’s cabinet: Who would he choose?

By Marlene Y. Satter | October 30, 2012

Here are some possibilities for Romney appointees, and a couple of new ones Obama might make if he is re-elected.

FSOC Warns About Low Interest Rate Environment Ramifications

By Elizabeth Festa | August 1, 2012

With U.S.Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner due to address the House Financial Services Committee, July 25, on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), a Dodd-Frank Act requirement, expect some cautionary words about the health of the insurance industry and concerns surrounding the euro.

FSOC Warns About Low Interest Rate Environment Ramifications

By Elizabeth Festa | July 24, 2012

The FSOC skirts around life insurer reserve issues by noting that the life insurance industry has reduced its minimum guarantees over time, but products sold when interest rates were higher represent a continued drag on profits, the FSOC notes.

LTCI Watch: Why Does the Fed Hate the Elderly and the Disabled?

By Allison Bell | June 27, 2012

Preventing runs on big banks is a sensible goal, but so is helping people protect themselves against the financial effects of illness, injury and aging.

J.P. Morgan Scandal: Bankers, 1; Citizens, 0

By Richard Hoe, ChFC, CLU, AEP | May 17, 2012

J.P. Morgan picked a good time — an election year — to play with other people's money.

Week in Pictures | November 23, 2011

November 22, 2011

As the country prepares to hit the road to travel for the upcoming holiday, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction showed new deftness when it comes to gridlock, Egypt erupts in protests and a terror plot is uncovered by the NYPD. This and more in this edition of the...