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Congress will push the issue of public discussion of sensitive government information, but usually only so far. Geither's brilliance has led him to change the perception of banks from being "too big to fail" into being "too big to be discussed in public." His most impressive statement at yesterday...
The conversation between Geithner and the members of the committee became more confounding when the issue turned to the frozen credit markets. The Secretary said that his efforts to get banks to improve lending were getting "mixed" results. Banks have made themselves ready targets for blame. They have curtailed lending...
What the Secretary avoided in his comments regarding why the banks are not increasing lending is that he has information about bank "stress tests" that Congress does not. Geithner knows that some of the financial firms are not robust. But, it is too dangerous for him to name them into...
Financial analysts believe government incentives to banks to extend existing commercial real estate loans will be necessary to limit the damage. The Federal Reserve and Treasury Department are considering a number of options. The alternative is last week's bankruptcy of General Growth Properties, the nation's second largest shopping...
"I doubt too many banks will want to own a lot of commercial properties that are empty," said George Raitu, an economist for the National Association of Realtors.