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Treasury Secretary Bessent has a plan to bring down long-term yields. But will it work?
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has an idea in mind that he says should help to bring down long-term Treasury yields, ...
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Did the Fed Achieve Independence During the Korean War?
Rumor has it that the Federal Reserve was able to resist the president‘s demands to enable funding of the Korean War. However ...
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Federal Court Blocks Trump Tariffs Used Under Emergency Powers
A federal court blocked President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose reciprocal tariffs on imports Wednesday, ...
Bond market thinks Fed should cut rates, Treasury's Bessent says
The bond market is sending a signal that the Federal Reserve should be cutting interest rates, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, noting that yields on 2-year Treasury notes were ...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says bond yields are signaling it's time for the Fed to cut rates
The Trump administration has repeatedly called on the Fed to slash rates. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new argument for why the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates: Treasury bond ...
U.S. preparing to relax big-bank capital rules
The moves are the first in more than a decade to ease requirements for the biggest U.S. megabanks and would make it easier ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent dismisses Moody's US credit downgrade as 'lagging indicator'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed the U.S. credit downgrade as a "lagging indicator" of economic and fiscal ...