BEIJING (MNI) - Regular adjustments to China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries are normal, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said Wednesday, calling on the U.S. government to further consider the interests of its investors in managing fiscal and monetary policy.

The foreign exchange manager also said in the latest of a series of question-and-answer statements that it will not use the "nuclear option" of dumping its Treasury holdings.

BEIJING (MNI) - A senior official within the People's Bank of China hinted Wednesday that the government could respond to the slowing domestic economy with additional fiscal stimulus.

BEIJING (MNI) - The Chinese government's chief statistician warned Wednesday that conditions in the domestic economy are growing increasingly uncertain and complex as a result of problems with the global economic recovery.

Ma Jiantang, the director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said in a statement that the economy is at a "key stage" of recovery and headed in an "expected direction," echoing comments by Premier Wen Jiabao last week.

WASHINGTON (MNI) - The following is the second and final part of the full transcript of an interview with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner by Jim Lehrer on the PBS Newshour Tuesday night:

WASHINGTON (MNI) - The following is the first part of the full transcript of an interview with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner by Jim Lehrer on the PBS Newshour Tuesday night:

JIM LEHRER: Mr. Secretary, welcome.

SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER: Good to be here, Jim.

By John Shaw

WASHINGTON (MNI) - Despite frequent examples of overheated rhetoric and sweeping hyperbole in Congress, important moments sometimes occur quietly on Capitol Hill.

BRUSSELS (MNI) - Greece's efforts to cut its budget deficit are broadly on track but there are concerns about a lack of information and the health of the country's banking system, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

By John Shaw

WASHINGTON (MNI) - Despite frequent examples of overheated rhetoric and sweeping hyperbole in Congress, important moments sometimes occur quietly on Capitol Hill.