As Prices Pinch, Bessent Looks for Ways to Mollify Wary Consumers

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has offered a variety of creative justifications for President Trump’s import duties.

Scott Bessent declares Zohran Mamdani is 'clearly' leader of the Democratic Party in CNBC interview

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent deemed New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani the leader of the Democratic Party during an ...

Scott Bessent wants the era of Fed-watching to end: They should ‘move back into the background’ and make fewer speeches, he says

The Fed didn't want to get embroiled in politics in 2025—or ever. But Bessent wants them even further out of the public eye.
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'He Was Joking': Scott Bessent Covers For His Master, Says Trump Was Just 'Joking' When He Publicly Threatened To Fire Him

During a recent interview on CNBC, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended Donald Trump for publicly threatening to fire ...

Bessent: Mamdani ‘clearly the leader of the Democratic Party’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) is “clearly the leader of the ...

Trump is about to pick the winner of his beauty parade

The frontrunner to take over as head of the Federal Reserve has the one qualification that Donald Trump is looking for most ...

Markets News, Nov. 25, 2025: Stock Indexes End Sharply Higher for 2nd Straight Day; Dow Surges More Than 650 Points; Nvidia, AMD Shares Drop

Stocks closed sharply higher for a second time in as many days this holiday-shortened trading week, although Nvidia and other ...

What new banking rules signal about Trump’s regulatory playbook

Bessent has pitched the eSLR changes as a way to stoke demand for Treasuries and fortify the $29 trillion market for U.S.

Hassett emerges as frontrunner in Trump Fed chair audition

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is seen by advisers and allies of President Donald Trump as the frontrunner to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people ...