The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.

- Timothy Geithner

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately…

- Timothy Geithner

Hyperinflation is not going to happen in this country, will never happen... The Fed putting so much money into the system is not going to create the …

- Timothy Geithner

Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done

- Timothy Geithner

Looking past the immediate crisis, a more resilient system must be built on stronger and better designed shock absorbers, both in the major instituti…

- Timothy Geithner

The recognition that things that are not sustainable will eventually come to an end does not give us much of a guide to whether the transition will b…

- Timothy Geithner

We believe in a strong dollar. Chinese financial assets are very safe.

- Timothy Geithner

If you don't try to generate more revenues through tax reform, if you don't ask, you know, the most fortunate Americans to bear a slightly larger bur…

- Timothy Geithner

Financial crises require governments.

- Timothy Geithner