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Scott Bessent dared the $32 trillion bond market with 'I am the house now' statement. It didn’t listen

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Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during the first day of the Republican Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.
‘If the Bloomberg Terminal bros are unhappy with what I’m doing, that’s too bad’: Bessent says he’ll continue ‘ignoring the noise’

“I’m not sure where the beef is,” Bessent said.

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