Bessent huddles with G20 to try to rally allies on Iran
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that 19 of the members of the G20 had agreed to address streams of “cheap exports”
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Scott Bessent admits 'prices are too high' after Fox host confronts him with bad 'cost of living' poll
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted "prices are too high" after Brian Kilmeade noted that half of Americans believe the cost of living is too high. The post Scott Bessent Admits ‘Prices Are Too High’ After Fox Host Confronts Him With Bad ‘Cost of Living’ Poll first appeared on Mediaite.
The move came after a rough stretch for long bonds. The 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.34% on Aug. 18, its highest level since 2007, as worries over a possible escalation in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran collided with growing concern about the country’s fiscal trajectory.
Stanley Druckenmiller sounds alarm on Treasury’s bond strategy, but his former protégé Scott Bessent says the billionaire may have lost money on the trade.
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Scott Bessent Declares Strait of Hormuz Will Be ‘Worthless’ Strategically to Iran — In Two Years
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will be "worthless" to Iran in two years during a conversation with Fox Business’s Larry Kudlow at the Group of 20 finance ministers’ summit in North Carolina.
The treasury secretary practically laughed at the idea that America’s northern neighbor was an equal opponent during a Monday interview.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has played down concerns over the bond market selloff this week as benchmark Treasury yields top 4.8%. Here’ s what he said at a G-20 finance ministers’ gathering in Asheville,
Japan is the largest international holder of US Treasury bonds, and Bessent weighed in on Tokyo’s monetary policy during the G20 summit.
The Treasury secretary’s credibility as a steward of U.S. financial markets is under threat.
Skybride Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick both suffer from what he calls “Potomac Fever,” the same affliction he says led to his own 11-day,