Category Archives: U.S. Treasury

ABU DHABI — Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo traveled to the United Arab Emirates from November 15 – 17 to discuss illicit finance, cybersecurity, the global economic recovery, and Iran. The U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship is critical given the important role the UAE plays in the region and globally, as well as the shared […]

As prepared for delivery: Good morning.  It’s a pleasure and honor to be here today.  Having participated in a panel at last year’s conference, I appreciate the opportunity to speak again at this conference in a completely different role, and to share some of Treasury’s current priorities related to debt management and potential Treasury market […]

DUBAI — Today, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo met with members of the UAE Banks Federation to discuss economic opportunities, money laundering and illicit finance. He shared that a major focus of the Treasury Department is engaging with the financial sector to help counter terrorist and proliferation financing, among other illicit activities. Participants […]

As prepared for delivery: Hello, everyone. This is Janet Yellen, and I’m very grateful that you’ve come today. You know, only a few days after I started this job, one of my first meetings was with a group of small business owners. And at these gatherings, everyone’s story strikes a chord, but some strike a […]

WASHINGTON — Today Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met with Chilean Finance Minister Rodrigo Andrés Cerda. Secretary Yellen highlighted Treasury’s commitment to fighting climate change with all available tools at its disposal, and commended the Minister for Chile’s strong efforts on this front.  Secretary Yellen discussed Chile’s economic policies to cushion the economic […]

WASHINGTON – Today, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) convened in executive session by videoconference. At the meeting, the Council heard a presentation from Treasury staff on the recently issued progress report by staff of agencies participating in the Inter-Agency Working Group on Treasury Market Surveillance. The Council also received an update from Treasury staff […]

Since July, Treasury and the IRS have delivered roughly $77 billion dollars in direct payments to families WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced today that more than $15 billion in payments were made to families that include roughly 61 million eligible children as a part of the […]

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Public Ministry of Nicaragua (Ministerio Publico de Nicaragua) as well as nine officials of the Government of Nicaragua in response to the sham national elections orchestrated by President Daniel Ortega (Ortega) and Vice President Rosario Murillo (Murillo). This […]

JERUSALEM — Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo traveled to Israel from November 13 – 15 to discuss economic opportunities, shared national security priorities, including Iran, countering terrorist financing and proliferation financing, and regional terrorist threats. He met with a wide range of top government officials, including Minister of Finance Avigdor Lieberman, Central Bank […]