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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he believes the Federal Reserve system should be reviewed for potentially holding back the US economy, which is “on the cusp” of growth that could equal the dot-com boom seen in the 1990s.
The president and the Treasury secretary have said they will wait for rates to fall before issuing longer-term bonds.
Since Scott Bessent took the Treasury’s helm in January, bond dealers have done a 180 on the key question about his issuance strategy in the $29 trillion market for US Treasuries.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday insisted that President Trump isn’t going to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but suggested that the pressure on the Fed to lower interest
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire’s negatively framed questions on Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s stance against
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that there’s “no rush” to identify a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and that a nominee could potentially come from current board members or the heads of the district banks.
The two sides will reschedule the meeting between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol, as well as the top trade envoys of both countries, as soon as possible,
The CNBC Fed Survey found the leading contenders to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed Chair are Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh and Kevin Hassett, the National Economic Council director.