The U.S.treasury chief's comments come amid indications some European countries may work independently to regulate banks and financial markets.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Bernanke's strategy to boost the economy includes unconventional lending programs, to unlock credit and stabilize the financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The deep global economic slowdown began in August 2007 when defaults in the U.S.home mortgage market caused financial markets to curtail lending.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

In a speech before the German parliament, Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the new regulations on what she called "destructive" behavior by financial markets.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Geithner said it will take several weeks for his plan to be properly evaluated by financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Last week saw U.S.financial markets rally amid upbeat news is probably not going to stop imminently.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Other critics say some countries are reluctant to seek an emergency loan because it could be viewed as a stigma by the financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

But if the economy and financial markets are giving mixed signals, key members of the Obama administration also appear less than uniform in their economic pronouncements.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

French President Nicholas Sarkozy even told an interviewer that he might walk out of the summit, if nations fail to agree on stricter regulation of global financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

When a record crowd gathered outside the U.S.Capitol on a crisp January morning in 2009, financial markets were in freefall, and the U.S.economy was shedding 600,000 jobs a month.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Among them are signs of stabilization in the U.S.financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

Financial markets shrugged off the mixed batch of economic news.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

(Voice) He says the yen's current strength reflects a skewed movement in the market, and adds it would be appropriate for Japan to take action to stabilize global financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Political history lecturer Lawrence Black, from Britain's Durham University, says the financial markets want to see an end to the political deadlock and immediate moves to downsize Britain's record budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10