Topic: Treasury Department

The U.S. Treasury is considering permitting negative interest rate bids in auctions for Treasury bills.    Read More

Late Friday the U.S. Treasury Department announced a major expansion of its Home Affordable Modification Program. Now taxpayers will pony up the cash, as Treasury is tripling the financial incentives to lenders and opening the program up to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investors in rental properties.   Read More

Was the financial crisis caused by too little government debt?    Read More

Everyone is talking about the note from Goldman's Francesco Garzarelli advising that investors short U.S. Treasurys.   Read More

By several measures, Asian currencies are bargains - but be careful.   Read More

The past few years have taught us a lot about the effects and operations of monetary policy in the United States.    Read More

Will some of the buyers of Treasurys come to regret their decisions?    Read More

While a lot of attention is focused on the decision by the Federal Reserve to buy longer-dated Treasurys, it’s also important to pay attention to the other new policy: using the proceeds from maturing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt to buy mortgage backed securities.    Read More

"Investors rarely overlook stock market bargains,” says one analyst. But with the Fed intervening in bond markets, the difference between stock and bond yields may be skewed.   Read More

One of the most interesting portions of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer was Geithner's take on European banks.    Read More