Browsing: Scott Bessent
Why Ray Dalio, Scott Bessent and others are rallying around a ‘3% solution’ to the national debt
These days Republicans and Democrats can’t seem to agree on, well, anything. But suddenly, a bi-partisan consensus is building in…
‘Maya MacGuineas should be ashamed’: Scott Bessent launches war of words with the nonpartisan think tank that agrees with Trump on tariffs
Trump administration officials have had harsh words for anyone choosing to criticize the efficacy or legality of the president’s sweeping…
Before Kevin Warsh has even taken over as Fed chair, Trump is joking about suing him. Scott Bessent is fine with that
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it would be “up to the president” to decide whether or not to sue Kevin Warsh,…
A House Financial Services Committee hearing descended into chaos and personal invective on Tuesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent escalated his war of words with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday, urging the…
Bessent’s visit to Minnesota comes with more vows to crack down on fraud as tensions flare with state, Somalia government
The Treasury Department is taking a closer look at financial transactions between Minnesotan residents and businesses and Somalia as the federal government ramps…
Under Biden, America got 150 countries to agree a 15% global corporate tax. Under Trump, America gets an exemption
The OECD announced Monday that nearly 150 countries have agreed on the plan, initially crafted in 2021, to stop large…
Treasury Secretary Bessent insists Trump’s tariff agenda is ‘permanent,’ saying the White House can recreate it even with a Supreme Court loss
The Supreme Court is in the process of deciding the fate of President Trump’s tariffs, but even if the administration…
Tariffs and the $38 trillion national debt: Kevin Hassett sees ‘big reductions’ in deficit while Scott Bessent sees a ‘shrinking ice cube’
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council and the current favorite to take over as Federal Reserve chairman, argued…
Scott Bessent on well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous’ Giving Pledge: Billionaire class in panic
At the DealBook Summit hosted by the New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Giving…












