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Bessent Is Not Top Fed Candidate But ‘Very Good,’ Trump Says
President Donald Trump said Scott Bessent was an option to replace Jerome Powell as head of the Federal Reserve but suggested ...
Trump says $2.5 billion Fed renovation 'sort of is' a fireable offense for Powell
President Trump on Wednesday told reporters that Jerome Powell’s handling of a $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve ...
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Trump says Bessent an option to replace Fed chair, ‘but I like the job he’s doing’
Other candidates under consideration include former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh and top economic adviser Kevin ...
Bessent Says Trump and Soros Have Something in Common: Impatience
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a room full of billionaires in Sun Valley that President Donald Trump shares a ...
Markets are now ho-hum about tariff threats. Trump and Wall Street disagree about why.
The Trump administration and many market observers are offering diametrically opposed explanations for why dramatic tariff ...
Bessent drops a key line about trade deadlines that investors should pay attention to
That looming U.S.-China trade deadline? Don’t think too much about it, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is counseling ...
Hassett Grabs Pole Position in Race to Be Trump’s New Fed Chair
Kevin Hassett, one of President Donald Trump’s longest-serving economic aides, is the early frontrunner to replace Jerome ...
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'Pretty Painful': When Peter Welch Clashed With Scott Bessent Over Trump's Tariffs During Hearing
During his remarks in a Senate hearing in June, Senator Peter Welch clashed with Scott Bessent over the Trump Administration's reckless use of tariffs, which he labeled "pretty painful." ...