Browsing: Scott Bessent
The government’s near-$40 trillion national debt is now costing the Treasury more than $3 billion a day in service payments,…
Scott Bessent has some good news for consumers this morning: The K-shaped economy is officially over! Consumers on the lower…
Bessent uses moves from his hedge fund days to prop up Japan’s yen—and America’s national debt
Scott Bessent was in his early 30s, working at Soros Fund Management, when the Asian financial crisis tore through currency…
U.S. Treasury sells euros, not dollars, to help lift yen. Economists warn it could backfire
The U.S. is stepping in to help boost Japan’s yen for the first time in nearly three decades after the…
Scott Bessent says $1 coin with Trump’s face on it will ‘honor the enduring legacy of liberty’ with a ‘lasting symbol of patriotism’
The U.S. Mint is now producing a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump’s face, tied to celebrations of America’s 250th…
The moment that triggered the Trump administration’s dramatic crackdown on Anthropic, and may completely reset the ground rules for U.S.…
Trump has turned the dollar into a foreign policy tool, a move economists say could backfire
For decades, the U.S. largely held off on approving currency swaps with foreign powers, save for rare circumstances. When it…
‘This is the way’: Elon Musk endorses Warren Buffett’s famed 5-minute plan to fix the national debt
The national debt is set to reach $40 trillion in the near future if it continues to grow at its…
Trump lawyers confirm talks with Scott Bessent’s IRS to resolve $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax returns
Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against…
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…












