Jacob J. Lew: “I do not believe that it would be appropriate to take $700 billion over the next 10 years and devote it to a tax cut for…”

I believe that the letter states correctly that, having over the last week raised this issue with 10 of the 11 negotiating partners, the reason they are willing to have a conversation on currency, in part, is because of the firm knowledge…

The real goal is not to restructure the debt. The real goal is to get back to economic growth.

I have been trying to deal with it as a crisis that we need to deal with on a bipartisan basis.

Over the past 7 years under the President's leadership, we have seen a sustained economic recovery and an unprecedented decline in the Federal budget deficit.