Browsing: Scott Bessent
If the White House handing out $2,000 checks to all U.S. citizens sounded too good to be true, it just…
China just purchased its first U.S. soybeans from this year’s harvest before Trump and Xi meet at economic summit
COFCO, China’s largest state-owned agriculture and food business, just bought its first purchase of U.S. soybeans from this year’s harvest…
Why the Supreme Court may choose to uphold Trump’s tariffs: ‘It would be incredibly disruptive to unscramble those eggs’
When the Supreme Court hears arguments on November 5 in President Donald Trump’s tariff case, the justices won’t just be…
A broad-based selloff swept global stock markets this morning after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Financial Times that…
‘Scandalous’: top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare-earths crisis as China tightens its grip
China’s tightening grip over the minerals that power advanced technologies has moved from long-term strategic concern to immediate economic threat—and…
Elizabeth Warren accuses Trump of betraying farmers and ‘putting himself and his billionaire buddies first’ with $20 billion Argentina bailout
The United States directly purchased Argentine pesos on Thursday and finalized a $20 billion currency swap line with Argentina’s central…
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren asked a group representing hedge funds and other asset managers to describe what role, if any,…
The US rushed to stabilize Argentina’s economy on Thursday, offering $20 billion in financing and carrying out a rare intervention…
Scott Bessent tells NYC to ‘drop dead’ while he arranges a $20B swap line for Argentina’s chain-saw-wielding, dog-cloning president
Scott Bessent, billionaire investor and hedge fund founder, has thrown himself into the center of two political firestorms—one in New…
The Treasury Secretary has warned New Yorkers they’re on their own if they elect Zohran Mamdani for mayor, an outcome…












