In the long term Germany didn't need a finance minister who was absent during important negotiations in the European Council. But the chancellor strongly encouraged me to stay. And everything did work out for the best in the end.
Mr. Geithner is an excellent minister. We have a good personal relationship.
It starts with campaign finance reform.
Our goal is to make finance the servant not the master of the real economy.
If I finance a bank and I know if the bank will get in trouble I will be hit...
The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital...
Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.