WASHINGTON: Citing emerging financial sector stability, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday that a number of government rescue efforts in place since the Wall Street crisis are no longer needed and that banks will repay US$50 billion in rescue funds over the next 18 months.
Geithner, testifying before a congressional watchdog panel, said the nation still has a ways to go before "true recovery takes hold."
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