Scott Bessent calls government shutdown a bigger story than stock market shock
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed on Thursday the negative impacts of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs as he said a ...
Scott Bessent says the U.S. economy is detoxing but that doesn’t mean there will be a recession: ‘I’m not concerned about a little bit of volatility over three weeks’
But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was a hedge-fund chief prior to his political appointment, isn’t worried. “I’m not ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent says there's no Trump ‘put,' but their policies should boost market
Investors looking for Trump to use policy to stop the stock market from falling are likely to be disappointed, Bessent said.
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Bessent Is Stealing a Playbook He Didn’t Even Like
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Before he became President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent openly criticized his predecessor Janet Yellen for issuing more short-dated debt — a move he ...
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Bessent Says US ‘Long Way’ From Boosting Longer-Term Debt Sales
(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that any move to boost the share of longer-term Treasuries in government debt issuance is some ways off, given current hurdles that include ...
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Trump Will Enact Reciprocal Tariffs ‘If He Needs To’, Says Treasury Chief Bessent
Scott Bessent, left, joins President Donald Trump earlier this month. Asked if Trump will enact the reciprocal tariffs by April, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent replied, “we will see how our ...