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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday held a bilateral meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and discussed G20 priorities. The bilateral meeting took place a day ahead of the G20 Leadership Summit beginning on Saturday here. "FM Smt. @nsitharaman and Secretary Ms. @SecYellen discussed key #G20 priorities and bilateral cooperation between the two democracies to address pressing global economic and financial issues," the finance ministry said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). Yellen on Thursday had said Russia's war against Ukraine has led to the needless loss of lives and stands in direct contradiction to everything the G20 stands for. "We will rally our partners to maintain our collective economic support for Ukraine as well as impose severe costs on Russia," she had said in a post on X on Thursday. "As @POTUS said last year, India is one of America's indispensable partners. This will be my 4th visit to India in 10 months and our ties are stronger than ever. ...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that the federal government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank, but is working to help depositors who are concerned about their money. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures deposits up to USD 250,000, but many of the companies and wealthy people who used the bank known for its relationships with technology startups and venture capital had more than that amount in their account. There are fears that some workers across the country won't receive their paychecks. Yellen, in an interview with CBS' Face the Nation, provided few details on the government's next steps. But she emphasised that the situation was much different from the financial crisis almost 15 years ago, which led to bank bailouts to protect the industry. We're not going to do that again," she said. "But we are concerned about depositors, and we're focused on trying to meet their needs. Yellen tried to reassure Americans that there will be no domino effect afte
The Treasury Department said on Wednesday it has complied with a court order to make former President Donald Trump's tax returns available to a congressional committee. The Supreme Court last week rejected Trump's request for an order that would have prevented the Treasury Department from giving six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. The court, without dissent, cleared the legal obstacle to disclosure of Trump's tax returns. A department spokesperson said Treasury has complied with last week's court decision but declined to say whether the committee had accessed the documents. The spokesperson declined to be identified by name because of privacy constraints. Trump refused to release his tax returns during his 2016 presidential campaign or his four years in the White House. After the Supreme Court action, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement that since the Mag