Davos: In a candid admission of the problems plaguing the world's largest economy, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday the country was seeing "very high levels of poverty and inequality". Geithner's comments at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos came on a day when the US government data showed that the country's economy grew 2.8 per cent in the last three months of 2011. "(There...
Washington: As inflation hits double digits - here's a warning coming from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Geithner says India has outgrown its financial system and needs reforms to be able to continue with fast-paced growth. Observing that India and the US are at the threshold of unlocking the great potential of their bilateral economic relationship, Timothy Geithner on Monday urged New Delhi to accelerate next generation reform to spur...