US Treasury – Asia Times

US sanctions on Iran are right but wrongly sequenced

by Eric Alter August 31, 2026August 31, 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran passed its six-month mark this week, and on August 24, the bill for two decades of hosting American power came due. The US Treasury opened a global sanctions campaign against everyone still trading with Tehran. It runs through Emirati and Qatari banks, ports and free zones. It named no entities, […]

Bitcoin dips as Iran oil returns to the dollar system

by Jeffrey Sze June 26, 2026July 2, 2026

Trump expected to drop IRS suit in exchange for MAGA slush fund

by Jake Johnson and Stephen Prager May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

Chinese-language crime networks now drive 20% of crypto laundering

by Chainalysis Team January 28, 2026February 2, 2026

Scam center scourge not just a Cambodia problem

by Panhavuth Long January 28, 2026February 2, 2026

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$5,000 gold: logic, not lunacy, in a de-dollarizing world

by William Pesek October 10, 2025October 13, 2025

Why the world is turning away from the buck

by Alexandros Mandilaras January 15, 2024January 20, 2024

US curbs Chinese firms over tech shipments to Iran

by Jeff Pao September 21, 2023September 27, 2023

What the flashing danger signals about the US mean

by Reuven Brenner April 22, 2023April 28, 2023

The US banking crisis isn’t over yet – far from it

by Vidhura S Tennekoon March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

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Feds try to stop bank crisis of their own making

by David P Goldman March 13, 2023March 14, 2023

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What if China and Japan dump their US Treasuries?

by William Pesek May 5, 2022May 6, 2022

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Green bubbles threaten to pop stock markets

by David P. Goldman October 2, 2021October 4, 2021

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The enduring triumph of Chimerica

by David P. Goldman June 15, 2021June 16, 2021

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Finance warriors fear inflation-inflicted wounds

by William Pesek May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

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Chinese bonds a better bet than US Treasuries

by William Pesek March 15, 2021March 16, 2021

Chart of the Day

Tempest in T-bond pot abates

by David P. Goldman March 2, 2021March 3, 2021

The causes of the Great Recession are rarely debated. Illustration: iStock

A tantrum without tapering

by David P. Goldman February 26, 2021March 1, 2021

Yellen’s steeper yield curve lets banks finance the huge US budget deficit

by David P. Goldman February 25, 2021February 28, 2021

US Treasury nominee: Crypto crime of ‘particular concern’

by Paul Muir January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

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Trade wars to become currency wars in 2021

by William Pesek December 17, 2020December 21, 2020

Treasury won’t extend Fed emergency lending tools

by AT Contributor November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

Crime

US Treasury blacklists four Chinese over drug ring

by AT Contributor July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

Liquidation wave sinks markets as Senate bickers

by David P. Goldman March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

Spike in US borrowing costs drags down stocks

by David P. Goldman March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

Central banks breathe life into markets

by Umesh Desai March 3, 2020March 3, 2020

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

World

US government to roll out cryptocurrency rules

by Paul Muir February 13, 2020February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia

US crypto promoter charged after advising N Korea

by AT Contributor November 30, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Thailand

US pressure tightens Thailand’s economic bind

by Shawn W. Crispin November 1, 2019February 18, 2020

Are corporate profits shrinking? Photo: Reuters, Rick Wilking

United States, World

US Fed intervention raises specter of ’08 crisis

by William Holland October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

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