Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent excoriated the Financial Times on Thursday, calling the British newspaper “tabloid trash” and accusing its journalists of fabricating a story claiming he had praised the Bank of England’s governance structure as a model for tightening oversight
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Iran’s ruling elite are “wiring money out of the country like crazy,” declaring that “the rats are leaving the ship” as the Trump administration’s pressure campaign accelerates the regime’s economic collapse.
The lender in two home loans made to Treasury Scott Bessent in 2007 knew they were not his primary residences.
As speculation builds over who might eventually succeed Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he is not seeking the role and remains focused on his current post.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that he expects the first quarter GDP figures will be revised up, hinting that the contraction recorded in the government’s first estimate of economic growth for the January through March period might be flipped into
Treasury Secretary Casts America as Global Capital’s Natural Home, Promises “Golden Age” for Investment and Industry.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called for sweeping reforms at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, urging the institutions to abandon what he described as “mission creep” and return to their founding charters focused on macroeconomic stability, trade,
“Trump was the first president in modern times to recognize the need to change our trade policy and stand up for American workers,” Besset will say.
U.S. stocks and bonds climbed Monday as investors welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury secretary.
In the article, Bessent advocates for the deployment of tariffs to protect and promote American industries, drawing parallels to Alexander Hamilton’s early economic policies.
One of the leading contenders to be Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary cut his teeth in the belly of the beast: George Soros’s hedge fund.
Janet Yellen’s nomination marks a break with historical norms, even though few in Washington, D.C. seem to have noticed.
A stark contrast with the bitter, partisan, bruising hearings Trump’s nominee faced four years ago.
Mnuchin said the stories were wrong because new U.S. policy is not aimed specifically at China but will apply to all countries found to steal U.S. technology.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin caught markets off guard this week by telling the truth about the dollar.
This week Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin blamed a delay in healthcare reform for likely pushing the “aggressive timeline” for President Donald Trump’s tax reform back until after congress’ August recess.
“I think that the U.S. currency has been the most attractive currency to be in for very, very long periods of time,” Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin said during his confirmation hearings on Thursday.
The highlight of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s confirmation hearing so far was his rousing defense of community banks against overbearing federal regulations. “Regulation is killing community banks,” he declared, and if the process is not reversed, we could “end up
During his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin said the unemployment rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics does not capture the reality of the conditions facing American workers.
Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin’s confirmation hearings on Thursday will feature a robust call for pro-growth tax reform, debt reduction, an America-first trade policy, and dramatic cuts to overbearing federal regulation.
Key members of the Senate are speaking highly of President-elect Trump’s choice for Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, even as many analysts anticipate a difficult confirmation hearing.
The Wall Street executive who is the leading candidate to be Treasury Secretary if Hillary Clinton is elected, is now quietly touting a plan to grab control over the $25 trillion in Americans’ private retirement accounts.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew was given the unenviable job of defending President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran on Sunday at a conference in New York sponsored by the Jerusalem Post.
