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Janet Yellen ending Trump dollar tumult promises cheers in markets

Yellen is seen returning clarity on the U.S. strong-dollar policy, stabilizing the $6.6-trillion-a-day currency market that's the backbone of global finance and commerce

President-elect Joe Biden taps ex-Fed chair Janet Yellen to lead treasury

Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789

US piles up record October budget deficit of $284.1 billion: Treasury dept

The US is starting the 2021 budget year the way the old year ended, with soaring deficits

US Treasury sanctions 2 high-ranking members of Lebanon's Hezbollah

The US Treasury has sanctioned two high-ranking Hezbollah officials, including a former military commander in the country's south.

Unusual for firm acquiring TikTok to give funds to US Treasury: White House

Trump ordered ByteDance last week to divest TikTok's US operations within 90 days

US economic stimulus: Treasury projects record Q3 borrowing of $947 billion

Treasury officials also announced that the government plans to borrow $1.22 trillion in the October-December period

Ben Bernanke writes: US has to help it states for economic recovery

Congress must act decisively to avoid repeating mistakes of the recovery from the Great Recession, writes former chairman of the Federal Reserve

US was doing great until it was hit by China's coronavirus: Donald Trump

"China's secrecy, deceptions, and cover-ups allowed it to spread all over the world and China must be held fully accountable."

US Senate backs bill to impose sanctions on China over new Hong Kong law

The bill targets police units that have cracked down on Hong Kong protesters, as well as Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for imposing a strict national security law on Hong Kong

Reserve Bank makes $21-billion cut to US treasury holdings in March

Central bank does huge OMO silently to control domestic bond yields

Government piled up record deficit of $737.9 bn in April: US Treasury

The deficit so far for the fiscal year that began September 1 climbed to $1.48 trillion

US, China trade representatives agree to strengthen ties: China ministry

The two sides agreed to maintain communication going forward, the Chinese commerce ministry said in its statement.

Rise of a tainted phoenix

China's unrelenting ascension is unstoppable

Coronavirus morning updates: Is China winning the hunt for vaccine race?

According to international media, four Chinese companies have begun testing their vaccine candidates on humans, more than the United States and Britain combined

Covid-19: US Treasury plans to borrow record $2.9 trn in April-June qtr

This is five times what the United States borrowed at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis

India's holding of US govt securities hits record high of $177.5 bn in Feb

In the last one year since February 2019, the overall holding of India has jumped by a staggering $33.2 billion

Bharat Ramamurti to oversee how US govt handles $500 bn in bailout funds

This month, the Fed announced it was offering up to $2.3 trillion initially through five different lending facilities

US taxpayers will soon get stimulus checks with Donald Trump's name on them

The paper checks are scheduled to be issued at a rate of 5 million each week until September, starting with the lowest-income taxpayers

How the Treasury yield collapse shocked analysts and investors alike

Few analysts got the call right. Forecasts have consistently overshot the eventual path of bond yields over the years.

US Treasury yields plunge to new record lows on coronavirus panic

As global markets tumbled, investors fled headlong to bonds to hedge the economic trauma of COVID-19, and oil plunged more than 30%