KUALA LUMPUR: Discussions on the tariff issue were held between a representative from the United States (US) Department of the Treasury (UST) and senior officials of Asean member states on Monday.

ACROSS South-east Asia, the shift towards digital payments has reached a new phase. While consumer-facing sectors were early movers, the business-to-business (B2B) landscape is now seeing rapid ...

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent weighed in on America’s tariff negotiations with other countries during a late Monday afternoon appearance on "Kudlow." President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs on ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is planning to boost U.S. manufacturing employment with policies meant to steer laid-off federal workers into factories. In an ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...

Many hoped Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would be a voice of reason on Team Trump. Amid the crisis caused by tariffs, those hopes have since evaporated. By Steve Benen On Wednesday afternoon ...

The Treasury Department, like many other agencies, is giving employees another chance to accept a “deferred resignation” offer, before taking further steps to shrink its workforce. Treasury sent an ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed growing fears of a recession and the market plunge from President Trump’s tariffs as he vowed Sunday that “we’re going to hold the course.” ...

The US Treasury Department has burned through cash at a historic rate in the last month - an alarming signal that may require lawmakers to intervene to prevent the country from defaulting on the ...

Close to R900 million in conditional grants to municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal have been suspended by the National Treasury due to poor management of these grants. Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has ...

Elon Musk doubled down on his pledge to cut government spending by $1 trillion — an amount that would slash the federal budget deficit in half and, if implemented, put the U.S. much closer to ...

A member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team — fired from the Treasury Department after the discovery of racist social media posts — has been working for weeks on sensitive systems at the Department of ...