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Steven Mnuchin
Global Economy
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This week: Trump suspended by Twitter, NYSE to delist Chinese telecoms in about-face, and more.
January 08, 2021
US Economy
Mnuchin pitches new US$916 bil stimulus package to Pelosi
The Mnuchin plan includes stimulus checks, something that members of both sides of the aisle have favoured.
December 09, 2020
US politics
Mnuchin to put US$455 bil beyond presumed successor Yellen's easy reach
he move leaves just under US$80 billion available in the Treasury’s Exchange Stabilization Fund.
November 25, 2020
US politics
Trump cancels China talks, raises questions about trade deal
The phase-one trade deal, which came into force in February, had called for discussions on the implementation of the agreement every six months.
August 19, 2020
Bonds and treasuries
Mnuchin says ultra-long bonds under 'very serious consideration'
(Aug 29): Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said issuing ultra-long US bonds is “under very serious consideration” in the Trump administration, possibly setting up a move that would mark a historic revamp of the US$16 trillion ($22 trillion) Treasurie
August 29, 2019
US-China trade war
Top China trade negotiator to visit US as tariffs threat looms
(May 7): China’s top trade negotiator Liu He will visit the US this week for a new round of high-wire talks, in a sign Beijing is battling to keep negotiations on track after President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure with plans to raise tariffs on Ch
May 07, 2019
US Economy
Trump's two-year stock honeymoon ends with hunt for betrayer
(Dec 24): Nobody was happier to take credit for surging stocks than Donald Trump, who touted and tweeted each leg up. Now the bull is on life support and the search for its killer is on.
December 24, 2018
Global Economy
Mnuchin called top US bank executives on market stability
WASHINGTON (Dec 24): Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called top executives from the six largest US banks over the weekend, he said Sunday on Twitter, a move that followed heavy losses in the stock market last week and a partial federal government shutdo
December 24, 2018
Global Markets
US & South Korea reach agreement on trade, steel tariffs
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Mar 26): The US and South Korea reached an agreement on revising the allies’s six-year-old bilateral trade deal and President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on imported steel, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
March 26, 2018
Trump era dawns with wreath-laying and reception before oath
WASHINGTON (Jan 20): Donald Trump touched down Thursday at Washington’s Joint Base Andrews, about 24 hours before he will be sworn in as the 45th US president.
January 20, 2017