United States President Barack Obama, in an effort to rejuvenate the battered US economy, on Thursday nominated his chief-of-staff and budget specialist Jack Lew as the next treasury secretary.
He was previously Chief-of-Staff and Budget specialist.
He wants Jaitley to give investors more clarity on policies
United States President Barack Obama has reviewed the security situation with his top national security aides following the tragic shooting in a gurudwara in Wisconsin and also called on the gurudwara trustee to offer his condolences.
United States President Barack Obama appointed Denis R McDonough, one of his top foreign policy advisors and longtime trusted aide as his next Chief of Staff.
India and the United States vowed on Thursday to step up joint efforts to halt illicit money flows.
IMF policymakers have said they will come up with ideas on how to push ahead with reform by mid-December.
To combat terror financing, India and the US committed to work together to check illicit money transfers.
The 15-member body called for enhanced actions, from closing financial system loopholes to stopping the abuse of charitable causes, as well as updating the existing IS and Al Qaeda sanctions list.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras battled to win lawmakers' approval on Wednesday for a bailout deal to keep Greece in the euro and avoid bankruptcy, as the IMF pressured Greece's creditors to provide massive debt relief for its crippled economy.
IMF members will also be examining whether China's heavy intervention in the yuan market was befitting of a freely convertible reserve currency
Without some firmer pledge of debt relief, neither Greece nor the IMF is likely to accept a deal
Greek proposals hailed as "a positive step forward".
China has relaxed its one-child policy and further freed up markets in order to put the world's second-largest economy on a more stable footing.
The impending default on the IMF loans leaves Greece sliding towards an exit from the euro.
The shutdown was the longest in recent memory, and prompted US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White to call for a meeting of Wall Street leaders to help insure the 'continuous and orderly' functioning of securities markets.
The crisis remains acute with the country's banks already closed.
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