Entity

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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