Mexico's Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors group photo after their meeting at the IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 20, 2012.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Geithner urges creativity in Europe's debt crisis
Mexico's Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors group photo after their meeting at the IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 20, 2012.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
April 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says Europe needs to be creative in fighting its debt crisis.
Geithner says Europe's success will depend on the ability of its governments and central bank to creatively and aggressively support countries that are pursuing the necessary reforms to get a handle on their debt problems.
Geithner also tells the International Monetary Fund's policy committee that the U.S. welcomes the currency changes that China announced a week ago.
But he says Beijing needs to do more to allow its currency to rise in value against the U.S. dollar.
U.S. manufacturers believe China enjoys unfair trade advantages from an undervalued currency.![]()
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