The US is every bit as ambitious as European nations for far-reaching regulatory reform to strengthen the global financial system, Tim Geithner, the US Treasury secretary, has told the Financial Times.
Mr Geithner said ahead of the G20 summit that the “US has a huge interest in acting quickly and comprehensively to use this opportunity to develop an international consensus on how to make the system more robust and stable.”
He rejected the notion that the US is only interested in fiscal stimulus while continental Europeans want regulatory reform. He said all G20 nations agreed on the need for a strong regulatory response to the crisis and on the broad shape it should take.