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Bessent outlines the qualities he's looking for as he vets Trump's Fed shortlist

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shares what characteristics he is looking for as he interviews candidates to succeed ...

Scott Bessent says Japan is ‘behind the curve’ on interest rates

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said that Japan’s central bank is falling “behind the curve” on inflation and will ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent fails to divest his financial holdings and hit with watchdog warning

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has failed to divest his financial holdings, the government’s ethics watchdog has ...

Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency

The Treasury secretary has been slow to shed assets, including farmland, posing potential conflicts of interest.

Bessent: 'I didn't tell the Fed what to do.'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said his words a day before about rate cuts were just a suggestion for the ...
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Scott Bessent Says US Bitcoin Reserve Worth At Least $15 Billion, No Plans To Buy More BTC

U .S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly said on Thursday that the U.S. government’s plans for a Bitcoin (BTC) ...

Bessent Says Interest Rates Should Fall by at Least 1.5 Percentage Points Over Time

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said interest rates should be substantially lower than they are now, and he believes there ...

PPI report casts doubt on Bessent’s call for 50-basis-point Fed cut in September: ING

The producer-price index report released Thursday challenged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s push for a 50-basis-point ...

Bessent’s Rebuke to BOJ’s Cautious Approach Sends Yen Higher

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Bank of Japan’s cautious approach to raising interest rates, saying it was ...

Bessent outlines Trump administration plans for tariffs, housing crisis and Fed chairman selection

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in a wide-ranging interview on 'Mornings with Maria,' weighs in on President Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin, updates U.S.-China trade talks and ...