Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'Tim Geithner'
G-20 moves on financial regulation
Last April's G-20 Summit brought together the leaders of the major world economies. Yet in terms of their announced goals for the Summit, financial regulation seemed to be the only one that gained traction. That impression is confirmed by the...
US Treasury's bank stress test "meaningless"
The blog was never convinced by US Treasury Secretary Paulson's efforts to manage the financial crisis. Its view was that Paulson avoided the real issues, and focused instead on trying to boost market sentiment. Worryingly his successor, Tim Geithner, seems...
Congress ends 'mark to market'
Last month, the blog supported former US Treasury Secretary Brady's argument that 'mark to market' accounting rules were helping to worsen the current financial crisis. It therefore welcomes the decision by the US Financial Accounting Standards Board to revise its...
Global economy to shrink in 2009
The world's major financial institutions become more pessimistic each time they report on the economic outlook. 6 weeks ago, the blog noted that the IMF expected "the global economy to come to a virtual standstill in 2009". Today, the World...
Lessons from Japan's 'lost decade'
In December, the blog noted that Japanese policymakers saw clear parallels between the mistakes they made during the 'lost decade' of the 1990's, and those being made today in the USA and other Western countries. The New York Times now...
The man with a plan
Yet again, as in October, 'buy on the rumour, sell on the news' has been the financial markets' reaction to the latest efforts to solve the financial crisis. A 5% fall on Wall Street last night, in response to the...
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