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WASHINGTON—The White House says it does not live or die by term life insurance ups and
downs of the stock market. But others do. And on Monday, that was good
for Timothy Geithner.
With credit markets frozen, a public in high dudgeon and a Congress on
a populist crusade, President Barack Obama's Treasury secretary needed
a bit of an uptick. He got it Monday when the Dow Jones industrial
average shot up nearly 500 points after he unveiled his private-public
partnership learn chinese chicago help relieve banks of the toxic assets that have
plunged the financial system into its crisis.
But Geithner still has lots to prove -- to financial markets, playing cards promotion Congress and to Americans seething indie fashion cheap homeowners insurance bonuses and
diminished 401k retirement accounts.
Unpaid back taxes cost him votes in the Senate during his
confirmation. Bonuses for executives at embattled American
International Group Inc. drew Republican calls for his resignation.
And the Wall Street that proved so friendly on Monday could just as
easily turn on him as it did last month when his broad outlines for a
rescue customized playing cards landed with a thud.
No stranger to tough times, Geithner this week faces yet another test
of his short Cabinet tenure.
The multitasking Geithner is not only rolling out a new relief plan
for banks, he's also juggling an overhaul of the regulatory regime for
the financial sector, facing a couple automobile insurance potentially contentious
hearings before Congress, and planning the agenda for the April 2
summit of top foreign leaders in London.
So far, so good.
"He fed the beast enough details to keep the beast happy -- today,
today," said Robert Litan, senior fellow for economic studies at the
Brookings Institution, emphasizing the fickle nature of the stock
market. "It's a very hungry beast and it's a very forgetful beast."
Last month, Obama in a televised news conference promised Geithner
would unveil details of a banking rescue. When Geithner offered only a
sketch of a plan in a badly reviewed speech, the markets tanked.
This time, Geithner easily spelled out details of the plan off-camera
to a roomful of reporters at Treasury and granted an interview to
CNBC. Then Obama placed his own stamp on the plan, making brief
televised remarks at the White House with Geithner and Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke at his side.
"This is one more element that is going to be absolutely critical in
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The rescue plan might still need a good sales pitch. The Dow's surge
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ideological attack from the left and the right. Rep. Eric Cantor of
Virginia, the second-ranking Republican leader in the House, cheap auto insurance the emo clothes "fundamentally flawed."
"In it's current form, Secretary Geithner's plan is a shell game that
hides the true cost of the program from the taxpayers that will be
asked to pay for it," Cantor said.
And liberal economist imprinted playing cards Krugman, whose views as a columnist for The
New York Times influence opinion in Congress, said the plan was "more
than disappointing" in his Monday column. "In fact," he added, "it
fills me with a sense of despair." He called for the government to
take temporary control of insolvent banks. "That's what Sweden did in
the early 1990s," he wrote.
The Obama administration has not hidden its disdain for Krugman's
criticisms, and Geithner made his clear on Monday. "We are the United
States of America," he said tartly. "We are not Sweden."
Moreover, Congress's attempts to rein in compensation for companies
that receive financial aid has made some private investors wary of
entering into a partnership with the federal government. Geithner will
be walking that tight rope on Tuesday when he testifies before the
House Financial Services Committee.
The hearing is billed as an examination of the $165 million in bonus
payments made last week to employees of AIG's Financial Products
division. The House last week overwhelmingly approved legislation
setting a 90 percent tax on bonuses for employees of firms that
receive financial aid. Over the indie style Obama's economic team warned
of possible dangers with such a targeted tax measure. Geithner,
doubtless, will be asked to explain.
Sitting with Geithner at the witness table will be Bernanke and
William Dudley, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York. The many insure quote a source of AIG's federal assistance, was aware of the
bonuses and concluded they were legally binding.
On surfboard shape playing cards Geithner will testify before the House Financial Services
Committee again, this time to unveil the administration's proposed
overhaul to financial sector regulations. The administration and
Congress and working on a series of fronts, including increased
oversight and controls of previously unregulated markets such as hedge
and private equity funds. Lawmakers and the administration also have
embraced the idea of an overarching regulator, such as the Fed, that
would oversee financial firms that could pose risks to the entire
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Risk has become the by-word of the current financial crisis. As
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is perpetuating it.
And for Geithner, the risks don't seem to end.
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EDITOR'S NOTE -- Jim Kuhnhenn covers economics and politics for The
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