Sentences with phrase «as economic secretary»

Chancellor heads off backbench rebellion as economic secretary says government is «determined» to help struggling households

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Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen, President Barack Obama and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich have all cited income inequality as a growing concern for our economic well - being.

Geithner, who served under President Barack Obama as secretary of the treasury as the U.S. struggled to rebound from the global financial crisis, said the current political climate could lead to a «diminished capacity to make sensible economic choices.»

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has apparently said that inversions do violence to what he refers to as «economic patriotism.»

The news came as Washington despatched a team to Beijing headed by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to hold talks over an ever - worsening economic relationship with China.

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

This is where the simulation turned to real - time; the audience watched as the mock Treasury secretary, Fed chairman, chief of staff, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers decided the fate of New Jefferson and analyzed the systemic risk.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing today, on the second and last day of what has been billed as a long - range «strategic economic dialogue» between the two powerful nations.

Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks to members of the media as he departs a press briefing on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018.

Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin may have declared earlier this year that the issue is «not even on [the White House's] radar screen,» but it could have a serious political as well as economic impact.

President - elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.

«As you consider the Administration's proposal, I ask that you consider policies that will bridge the partisan divide and serve the myriad needs of communities across the country — including those of Nevada,» Sen. Catherine Cortez - Masto of Nevada wrote in a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council.

Earlier this week, Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter, and the president appointed Larry Kudlow as his top economic advisor days after Gary Cohn quit the job.

The President, by Memorandum to the Secretary of Labor dated February 3, 2017, directed the Department of Labor to examine whether the Fiduciary Rule may adversely affect the ability of Americans to gain access to retirement information and financial advice, and to prepare an updated economic and legal analysis concerning the likely impact of the Fiduciary Rule as part of that examination.

Steven Mnuchin, Trump's candidate to run the Treasury Department, has stated that comprehensive tax reform will be an immediate priority of Trump's administration, and that his focus as Treasury Secretary will be stimulating economic growth and creating jobs through tax reform.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will soon travel to China for talks as the two global economic powers deal with trade tensions.

He said he was planning to oust several lower - down State and Defense Department officials who might object to economic war with China; he named Susan Thornton, the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, as one example of someone he wants to fire.

All the latest economic and financial news, as a US delegation lands in Beijing for crucial negotiations that could avert a trade war

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This came following Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that a weaker dollar «is good for us as it's related to trade and opportunities.»

Already, Steven Mnuchin has been tapped as Treasury secretary, Stephen K. Bannon was named senior adviser and Gary D. Cohn, Goldman's president, is expected to direct the National Economic Council.

Peter Bakker joins General Secretary of the Norwegian WWF, Nina Jensen; Professor Katherine Richardson; Managing Director of the Global Economic Symposium, Thierry Malleret and professor Frank Geels as well as the five members from DNV GL in the Advisory Board.

Mr. Draghi's critique of comments by the U.S. Treasury secretary came as the eurozone central bank tried to quash speculation about an early end to its economic stimulus program.

More recently, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), or «fear gauge,» has surged on the departures of Gary Cohn as chief economic advisor and Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, as well as the application of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Founded by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 1997, the organization trains and mentors women leaders as agents of transformative change in economic development, human rights and political participation.

In yet another email exchange, Parrott notes that «all the investors will get this very quickly» in response to a message from Mary Goodman, a managing director at James Caird Asset Management (and a former Senior Advisor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner who later served as Special Assistant to the President for Financial Markets at the National Economic Council), who stated that the Net Worth Sweep «should lay to rest permanently the idea that the outstanding privately held pref will ever get turned back on.»

He was the US Treasury Secretary in 1999 - 2001 under President Bill Clinton and served as the director of the White House National Economic Council for President Barack Obama in 2009 - 10.

He served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and the Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama.

White House Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Wednesday laid out the administration's skeleton plan for tax cuts that was big on promises, but remarkably sparse on details, as President Donald Trump sprints to the Saturday finish line marking his first 100 days in office.

As expected, among the most enthusiastic cheerleaders of the reform are members of Trump's inner circle, including economic adviser Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who insists that the economic growth that results from the tax cuts will sufficiently self - finance the costs of the tax cut.

I also want to thank members of my economic team, Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Director Gary Cohn, for joining us, as well.

As U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other officials head to Beijing this week for high - stakes trade talks with Chinese counterparts, they seek to correct an economic relationship with China that has become increasingly unbalanced — and, over the long term, dangerous — for the United States and other nations.

For about two years, Mr. Jha served in the Finance Ministry of the Government of India, first as Secretary, Economic Affairs, and later with additional responsibility as Finance Secretary.

Mr. Jha served as the Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Chairman of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in his capacity as Secretary, Economic Affairs.

In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as Director of the White House National Economic Council in the Obama Administration, as President of Harvard University, and as the Chief Economist of the World Bank.

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Jessica Littlewood (NDP — Fort Saskatchewan - Vegreville): Appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade with responsibilities for small business, Littlewood is another rising star in the NDP caucus.

Froman, a former treasury department chief of staff, assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for economic affairs for both Clinton and Obama, had served as trade secretary since June of 2013 and actively worked toward free trade agreements.

Seyyed Hassan Hosseini Shahroudi, first secretary of Majlis Economic Commission, has called on the Central Bank of Iran and other related entities to present a report to the parliamentary commission and make their stance clear as soon as possible.

The economic secretary pointed to the newly introduced open banking regulations as an example of this shift.

He previously served as Senior Economist for Trade for President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers and as a member of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Policy Planning Staff.

Once in office, Trump appointed the most disproportionately enplaned administration in history: According to Forbes, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has a Dassault Falcon; Linda McMahon, the Small Business Administration administrator, has a Bombardier Global; Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her family maintain a fleet of 12 private jets, including a Boeing and six Gulfstreams, as well as four helicopters; Gary Cohn, the chairman of the National Economic Council, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross each retain private - jet shares in a fractional - ownership arrangement.

Indeed, Houellebecq repeatedly stresses common ground between the Brotherhood and the mainstream parties and depicts his main Muslim characters — Ben Abbas and his secretary of universities Robert Rediger — as voices of reason, moderation, economic centrism, and European integration: Emmanuel Macron with headscarves.

In response to Andrew Cuomo's new jobs plan, Carl Paladino's campaign is dredging up the past, citing his record as HUD secretary and a jobs proposal he floated during his failed 2002 gubernatorial bid in an effort to blow holes in his credibility as an economic developer.

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said November 30th 2011 would become known as the day when the trade union movement re-established itself as a major force fighting to protect economic and social advances since the Second World War.

«As you know Labour are now in formal talks with the Liberal Democrats to see if we can agree a stable government to secure the economic recovery and change our politics,» the letter, signed by the joint general secretaries Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson, said.

Cable was similarly troubled by the Lib Dems» refusal to challenge the Tories» economic narrative; he seriously considered resigning from his post as business secretary in 2012 in protest against Cameron and Osborne's spending cuts.

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer, shadow economic secretary to the Treasury Jonathan Reynolds and shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams are all seen as «sensible» politicians who are willing to listen to what businesses and campaigners have to say.

Andrew Cuomo's fiscal and economic policy takes more of a centrist cue from former President Bill Clinton, in whose cabinet he served as housing secretary; Mr. Cuomo remains close to Mr. Clinton, and the possibility that Mr. Clinton's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, could run for president in 2016 is a significant complication for Msecretary; Mr. Cuomo remains close to Mr. Clinton, and the possibility that Mr. Clinton's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, could run for president in 2016 is a significant complication for MSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, could run for president in 2016 is a significant complication for Mr. Cuomo.

James Malatras authored the Start - Up New York economic development program as a deputy secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez — seen as a potential Democratic vice presidential candidate — admitted «understandable angst» about the economy remained at the end of the Obama administration, but ripped into Republican economic proposals and a candidate whose name «rhymes with «dump.»»