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Bessent
Scott Bessent is the United States Secretary of the Treasury, responsible for managing the nation's finances and overseeing the Department of the Treasury.
Why it’s in the news: He is in the news for his intervention in the bond market, which failed to stabilize falling prices and rising yields.
Latest on Bessent
- Stock Market Today: Bond Yields Jump, Largely Wiping Out Effect of Bessent Intervention
- US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors
- U.S. Debt Soars and Scott Bessent Steps in as America’s Bond Trader in Chief
- Bessent Leans Into His Role as America’s Bond Trader in Chief
- Why Scott Bessent Is Playing With the Treasury Market
- Stock Market Today: Bond Yields Dive After Bessent Steps Up Buybacks
- buy $5-10 billion worth of Japanese yen
- Stocks Rally, Oil Drops after Bessent Signals Iran Deal on Hormuz
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