The IRS' office of Exempt Organizations sounds like a terrible place to work. Piling on to the critical report from a Treasury Inspector General, at least four sweeping media assessments this weekend show a department that is overwhelmed, underf

By AlphaVN Research:Bond yields are rising again. This week we saw the 30 year U.S. Treasury bond close at 3.17%, which does not seem like a particularly important or even dangerous number. In the grand scheme of things it isn't. But it is a very bea

* Breakaway would leave Scotland vulnerable-British Treasury

* Breakaway would leave Scotland vulnerable-British Treasury

* Breakaway would leave Scotland vulnerable-British Treasury

* Breakaway would leave Scotland vulnerable-British Treasury

The latest UK government paper on the impact of Scottish independence will claim the UK is better placed to manage the risk of a financial crisis.

An independent Scotland would have an exceptionally large banking sector, compared with the size of the rest of its economy, making it vulnerable to financial shocks and putting Scottish taxpayers at significant risk in the event of the country being

WASHINGTON -- Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being...

In a letter to Congress, the Treasury secretary said he was initiating ‘extraordinary measures’ to restrict debt issuance and keep it under the legal limit for as long as possible

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Friday he was first informed of an IRS investigation of groups seeking tax-exempt status in mid-March, but did...

An IRS watchdog said he informed Obama administration officials last June that a probe was under way over the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lewsaid there will be quick results on any reshaping of theInternal Revenue Service. Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel will“get started full-bore next Wednesday and within 30 days he willreport to me and we will

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Friday that he first learned in mid-March about a Treasury inspector-general probe into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, but didn't learn details until l

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Speculators turned bearish on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures in the latest week after an unexpected rise in April retail sales suggested underlying strength in the U.S. economy, according to Commodity Futures Trading

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Speculators turned bearish on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures in the latest week after an unexpected rise in April retail sales suggested underlying strength in the...

J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's Inspector General, disclosed during Congressional testimony on Friday that Obama administration officials in the Treasury Department knew about inappropriate targeting of conservative groups during the 201

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Speculators turned bearish on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures in the latest week after an unexpected rise in April retail sales suggested underlying strength in the...

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Speculators turned bearish on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures in the latest week after an unexpected rise in April retail sales suggested underlying strength in the U.S. economy, according to Commodity Futures Trading

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt ceiling

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills...

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is telling Congress that the administration will begin taking steps next week to avoid a...

U.S. to reach debt limit Saturday: Treasury Secretary Lew

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take extraordinary steps to allow it to keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt ceiling lapses this wee

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take extraordinary steps to allow it to keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. will reach its debt limit on Saturday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told congressional leaders in a letter on Friday, but said the U.S. is taking extraordinary measures to keep paying bills. Lew said those measure

 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has just sent the following letter to John Boehner and other leaders on the debt ceiling. The whole thing is below the dotted line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co shares on Friday topped their 2010 initial public offering price, which will help the automaker's largest shareholder, the U.S. Treasury, pare its losses.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co shares on Friday topped their 2010 initial public offering price, which will help the automaker's largest shareholder, the U.S. Treasury, pare its losses.

General Motors Coshares on Friday topped their 2010 initial public offering price, which will help the automaker's largest shareholder, the U.S. Treasury, pare its losses.

DETROIT, May 17 (Reuters) - General Motors Co shares on Friday topped their 2010 initial public offering price, which will help the automaker's largest shareholder, the U.S. Treasury, pare its losses.

DETROIT, May 17 (Reuters) - General Motors Co shareson Friday topped their 2010 initial public offering price, whichwill help the automaker's largest shareholder, the U.S.Treasury, pare its losses.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices were mostly higher Friday ahead of a University of Michigan consumer-sentiment index reading. The index is expected to increase to 77.5 in May from 76.4 in April, but many data releases this week have come in

MADRID, May 17 (Reuters) - Spain's Treasury said on Friday it would issue bonds due 2016, 2018, 2026 on Thursday, May 23.

During remarks at the White House yesterday evening, President Obama offered his opinions on the Treasury Department Inspector General’s report [PDF] finding that the IRS...

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NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - The latest U.S. Treasury suspension of state and local government series securities, known as slugs, is not likely to affect municipal credit quality, Standard & Poor's...

The easing of inflation pressures leaves Treasury Inflation Protected Securities looking expensive and is set to increase pressure on investors who bought insurance against the risk of higher consumer prices

In a provocative new book, a former Wall Street CEO and Treasury official argues that the U.S. shouldn't worry about the ballooning national debt. This reviewer respectfully disagrees.

Several weak economic reports from the U.S. give a lift to Treasury prices on Thursday.

  

The yield on 10-year bonds has climbed nearly 40 basis points on better labour data and concern the Federal Reserve may reduce its bond buying

MADRID, May 16 (Reuters) - Spain central government deficit reached 1.53 percent of gross domestic product, or 16 billion euros ($21 billion), in the first quarter of the year, the Treasury Ministry...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew asked for and received the resignation of acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven Miller. The IRS has been under fire after an inspector-gen