Tony Fratto
Tony Fratto
Salvatore Antonio "Tony" Frattowas Deputy Assistant and Deputy Press Secretary to former United States President George W. Bush...
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China has made a reform to its exchange rate mechanism that was an important step. We still want to see greater currency flexibility in the region.
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Secretary Snow will be personally engaged on working with Congress. He's been a strong voice on this for some time.
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Secretary Snow is at work and enjoying his job, and we have nothing to announce on his future.
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Obviously, if there are severe price spikes and severe shortages, we would want to take a look at whether a government response
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The deal to provide 100 percent debt cancellation is in jeopardy,
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We want to be very careful about sending any signal that we aren't open to investment.
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It's really the week this must be done because the Congress will be out of session at the end of this week.
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It's another example of the Chinese using market instruments to deal with market conditions in their economy.
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It will be a good look at Iraq 's economy and the economic reforms they are putting in place, and how they are getting in position to complete the debt deal and IMF financing.
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The next step is that the mechanism be allowed to work and reflect market supply and demand.
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We think the secretary can be more effective in achieving the priorities of the president by remaining in Washington.
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The government has the authority to adjust the tariffs in an emergency situation, but no determination has been made yet.
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The president felt that there will certainly be a need to put that money to work for the Iraqi people.
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We're always willing to talk about how to make reports like this as useful as possible.