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Business
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Tech
3/12/2023 7:27:49 PM
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the government wanted to avoid financial "contagion" from the implosion of the Silicon Valley Bank but ruled out a bailout of the institution.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/23/2023 12:41:16 PM
Sanctions imposed on Russia are having a "very significant effect", US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday, calling the invasion of Ukraine a "strategic failure" by Vladimir Putin.
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World
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Region
2/5/2023 10:27:27 AM
Iraq's currency ended its nosedive after a meeting between the Iraqi Central Bank head and a top U.S. Treasury official.
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World
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Region
1/23/2023 12:33:46 PM
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Zambia on the second leg of her African tour, a stop aimed at promoting American investment and ties while she's in a capital city that is visibly dominated by Chinese dollars.
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World
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International
1/19/2023 5:45:58 PM
The US Treasury could start taking "extraordinary measures" Thursday to prevent a default on government debt, as Congress heads towards a high-stakes clash between Democrats and Republicans over raising the borrowing limit.
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World
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Region
1/18/2023 12:10:20 PM
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met Wednesday with her Chinese counterpart and pledged an effort to manage differences and ``prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict'' as the two nations try to thaw relations.
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World
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Africa
11/1/2022 10:44:37 PM
The Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against a weapons trafficking network affiliated with the Islamic State group in Somalia and the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which are accused of carrying out deadly terrorist acts on civilians including car bombings.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 3:09:21 PM
Turkey's top business association has confirmed receiving a letter from the US Treasury warning of possible sanctions if it continues doing business with Russia.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/18/2022 10:10:14 PM
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during this week's big meetings of global economic leaders in Washington, but she'll be trying to avoid most contact with Russian officials who plan to attend some portions of the event virtually.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/5/2022 3:59:10 PM
The United States starting Tuesday will bar Russia from making debt payments using funds held at American banks, ramping up the economic pain on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, the US Treasury said.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/25/2022 5:06:34 PM
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that sanctions against China are "not necessary or appropriate" since its support for Russia following the invasion of Ukraine was still unclear.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
2/28/2022 3:12:54 PM
The United States on Monday banned all US transactions with Russia's central bank effective immediately, the Treasury Department said, as it unveiled an unprecedented sanction to further punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.
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World
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Region
10/29/2021 5:39:50 PM
The US Treasury hit Iran's drone program with sanctions on Friday, boosting pressure on Tehran ahead of the reopening of negotiations on the country's nuclear program.
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World
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Region
10/28/2021 7:44:44 PM
The US Treasury slapped sanctions on prominent Lebanese tycoons Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury and lawmaker Jamil Sayyed for allegedly benefitting from corruption and adding to the breakdown of the rule of law in the country.
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World
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Region
8/29/2021 3:41:14 PM
US Treasury sanctions have targeted a network that spans Syria, Iran and Russia, and which is responsible for shipping oil to the Syrian government
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World
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Africa
8/23/2021 7:16:09 PM
The US Treasury Department said forces under the command of General Filipos Woldeyohannes, chief of staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), are responsible for 'massacres, looting, and sexual assaults'
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World
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Region
5/17/2021 3:59:58 PM
The mines are Iran-related sanctions Trump imposed on more than 700 entities and people, according to a Reuters tally of US Treasury actions, after he abandoned the nuclear deal and restored all the sanctions it had removed
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World
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Region
5/11/2021 7:36:43 PM
The seventh sanctioned person, Ibrahim Daher, is one of Hezbollah's chief financial executives who oversees the group's overall budget, including the funding for its operations
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World
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Region
3/2/2021 6:34:11 PM
The Treasury said the action was being taken under an executive order issued by then-President Barack Obama in 2012 that aims to freeze the assets of people threatening the peace, security or stability of Yemen
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Business
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Economy
1/6/2021 1:44:23 PM
Mnuchin praises Egypt’s economic reform programme that has contributed in boosting the economy’s structure, contained COVID-19 spread and its repercussions
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