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The possibility that President Trump could replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is spinning heads from Washington to Wall Street and beyond.  Senators ...

Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, is skipping the G-20 finance summit in South Africa for the second time this year ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent drew a provocative comparison between his current boss, Trump and his former mentor, the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Elon Musk 's new political party, saying the world's wealthiest man wasn't a ...

The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Trump reached an agreement in June last month, to slash US tariffs on key ...

"Look, the principles of DOGE were very popular. I think if you looked at the polling, Elon was not," Treasury Secretary ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday night that he thinks the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates by September ...

Scott Bessent argued that Democratic politicians shouldn't be trusted with financial decisions during an appearance on ...