How to Use the Treasury Department in a Sentence

the Treasury Department

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  • But the problem is the main seller of bonds, the Treasury Department.
    — Stephen Miran, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Toward the end of the year, the Treasury Department sanctioned one of the Houthis’ Iranian fixers.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Before the 9/11 attacks, the Secret Service was part of the Treasury Department.
    — Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 18 July 2024
  • None of it made it to the Treasury Department, according to court documents.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2024
  • In March, two of the Russian contractors were sanctioned by the Treasury Department for their role in the operation.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • As federal deficits continue to reach the trillions, the Treasury Department has issued a flood of bonds.
    — Byjason Ma, Fortune, 26 May 2024
  • Kates’ husband, Khaled Barakat, was also sanctioned by the Treasury Department.
    — Tom Winter, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • About half of that money would go to states, approximately a third would be used to fund water projects in the West, and the rest would be split between the Treasury Department and Interior.
    — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Following the hearing, which ended around 1 p.m., Ms. Yellen returned to her office at the Treasury Department.
    — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But when it was founded in 1865, the Secret Service was part of the Treasury Department and tasked with detecting fraud and counterfeit currency.
    — Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 18 July 2024
  • So far, more than $58 billion worth of sanctioned Russians' assets have been blocked or frozen worldwide, according to a report last week from the Treasury Department.
    — Fatima Hussein, ajc, 13 Mar. 2023
  • While your company still needs one or more banks to store its cash (and cash instruments), a good way to hedge is to also hold short-term treasuries bought directly from the Treasury Department website.
    — Zain Jaffer, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Intel also plans to claim tax credits from the Treasury Department worth up to 25% on qualified investments.
    — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • And in any event is very carefully and closely regulated by the Treasury Department to make sure that it’s only used for food, for medicine, for medical equipment.
    — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Some governments waited to do anything with the money until the Treasury Department finalized its rules in April 2022.
    — David A. Lieb and Kavish Harjai, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But Congress left critical details up to the Treasury Department, which issued its initial guidance last year.
    — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The resulting tax gap, or the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid, ballooned to over $600 billion, according to the Treasury Department.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Those targeted by the Treasury Department include the head of the country’s high court, leaders of state security forces and prosecutors.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Lummis’ bill would use existing funds at the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department to purchase 1 million bitcoin.
    — Sam Lyman, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The strategy was largely a success, helping to reduce U.S. retail gasoline prices by 17 to 42 cents per gallon, according to the Treasury Department.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Those groups have been flooding the Treasury Department with letters asking for lenient interpretations of the law and trying to create new loopholes before their tax bills come due next year.
    — Alan Rappeport, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • First Republic Bank, which handled the transaction, reports it to the Treasury Department as suspicious.
    — USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The Constitution says the Treasury Department cannot spend money without a law authorizing it.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In an ongoing study, researchers from Princeton University and the Treasury Department have looked into it.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • That makes the Treasury Department, which regulates the U.S. financial system, the gatekeeper to the world’s banking operations.
    — Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Was general counsel in the Treasury Department, under Blumenthal and Miller.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In order to sell tax benefits under the law, companies have to register their credits with the Treasury Department, which created a pilot registry website for those projects this month.
    — Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In an ongoing study, researchers from Princeton University and the Treasury Department have analyzed just such a scenario.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
  • In his view, such oversight would be better assigned to the Treasury Department, allowing the Secret Service to focus on protecting the president and other officials.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 July 2024
  • And last month, the Treasury Department sanctioned Tong and another member of the California money laundering network.
    — Lisa Cavazuti, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024

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