the Treasury Department
noun
: the government department that is in charge of handling a country's money
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Representatives from the Treasury Department and the IRS did not respond to a request for comment.
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
In fact, the Treasury Department has seen a string of weaker bond auctions lately with tepid demand forcing yields to go higher as inflation looks to run higher for longer.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 June 2026
Various members of the Castro clan were sanctioned in the latest round of designations announced by the Treasury Department June 4.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Far from moderating political passions, Freneau stoked hatred of his political rivals, the Federalists, and their leader, Alexander Hamilton, even publishing an anti-Semitic poem comparing Hamilton’s work at the Treasury Department to that of Jewish moneylenders.
—Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
In fact, the Treasury Department has seen a string of weaker bond auctions lately with tepid demand forcing yields to go higher as inflation looks to run higher for longer.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 June 2026
Various members of the Castro clan were sanctioned in the latest round of designations announced by the Treasury Department June 4.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Far from moderating political passions, Freneau stoked hatred of his political rivals, the Federalists, and their leader, Alexander Hamilton, even publishing an anti-Semitic poem comparing Hamilton’s work at the Treasury Department to that of Jewish moneylenders.
—Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
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