Bessent

Bessent is the United States Secretary of the Treasury, a cabinet-level official responsible for economic and financial matters, including tax policy, the production of currency, and the management of federal government accounts.

Why it’s in the news: He is in the news due to his public statements on economic issues, including AI policy, international trade agreements, and financial market interventions.

Latest on Bessent

• U.S. Treasury chief Scott Bessent to skip IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok
• Bessent to miss IMF annual meetings in Bangkok
• US Treasury's Bessent to skip IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok
• Bessent to skip IMF, World Bank meetings in Bangkok
• Bessent may skip Apec in Hong Kong to focus on Trump’s Shenzhen visit, sources say
• What Bessent is now saying after bond yields didn’t stop rising on ‘I am the house’ remark
• US and China agree to extend trade truce until January: Bessent

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