Scott Bessent, Trump and Treasury Secretary

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for Trump tax cuts to be made permanent
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on FOX Business Network's "Kudlow" and urged Republicans to make President Trump's tax cut permanent, rather than a temporary extension.
Trump Names Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, to Lead the Consumer Bureau
The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other financial firms.
Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work
The staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was instructed by email to cease much of its work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency said Monday.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing Rohit Chopa on Saturday.
Treasury Secretary Bessent says Trump is “not calling for the Fed to lower interest rates”
Scott Bessent, president Donald Trump’s handpicked Treasury Secretary, put an end to the speculation during a Wednesday interview on Fox Business. The president is not pressuring the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates,
Bessent, Trump to focus on 10-year yields, not fed rate - report
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that he and President Donald Trump are focused on the 10-year Treasury yields in bringing down borrowing costs, not on the Federal Reserve's benchmark short-term interest rate.
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House Democrats crash Mike Johnson's meeting with Treasury Secretary Bessent
A pair of House Democrats showed up uninvited to House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) office Wednesday to elbow into his ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent says tariffs aimed at bringing manufacturing back to US
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plans are largely aimed at bringing manufacturing back to the United States, Treasury ...
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Bessent’s Treasury sticks with Yellen-era long-term debt plan
The gap of long-term yields above rates on Treasuries with shorter maturities narrowed after the refunding announcement.
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Treasury's Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop everything
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was named to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has told ...
Trump quer yields mais baixos, não cortes do Fed, diz Bessent
O secretário do Tesouro dos EUA, Scott Bessent, disse que o foco do governo Trump para a redução dos juros está nos rendimentos dos títulos do Tesouro de 10 anos, e não na taxa básica de juros do ...
Federal employee unions are suing the Treasury and alleging Elon Musk's DOGE gained illegal and 'unprecedented' access to data
The lawsuit accused Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, of giving Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access ...
Treasury Faces Its First Tricky Task Under Scott Bessent
No one used to care how the government financed its expenses, but the master plan for funding could be the market’s biggest ...
Elon Musk’s Attempt to Control the Treasury Payment System Is Incredibly Dangerous
Donald Trump and Elon Musk could use sensitive Treasury information to punish their enemies — or they could break America’s payment system entirely.