Treasury Secretary Jack Lew started his first full week as Secretary this Monday. EPJ has learned from a Treasury spokesman that on Monday, he made calls to:
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Canada
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank
Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici, France
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, India
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, Japan
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Russia
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, United Kingdom
It is noteworthy that following these calls, on the next day, he chose to meet with crony progressives, before any other groups.
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