Scott Bessent
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EconomyScott Bessent’s ‘gotcha’ moment on Trump’s tariffs and inflation: He denies writing ‘tariffs are inflationary’ in letter to hedge fund investors
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 4, 2026
North AmericaBessent accuses Carney of ‘virtue signaling’ after his big speech at Davos, with divorce between Canada and America in the air
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 29, 2026
InvestingScott Bessent on the 39% of young Americans thinking favorably of socialism: They’re just not invested in the stock market
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 28, 2026
North America‘I meant what I said in Davos’: Carney says he really is planning a Canada split with the U.S. along with 12 new trade deals
By Rob Gillies and The Associated PressJanuary 28, 2026
EconomyScott Bessent insists he’s ‘not concerned at all’ about investors selling America—despite the fact it’s unraveled tariffs before
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 21, 2026
BankingBessent’s visit to Minnesota comes with more vows to crack down on fraud as tensions flare with state, Somalia government
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressJanuary 9, 2026
EconomyArgentina has repaid its $20 billion credit line from Trump administration, Scott Bessent says
By The Associated PressJanuary 9, 2026
EconomyUnder Biden, America got 150 countries to agree a 15% global corporate tax. Under Trump, America gets an exemption
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
LawTreasury Secretary Bessent insists Trump’s tariff agenda is ‘permanent,’ saying the White House can re-create it even with a Supreme Court loss
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 5, 2025
EconomyTariffs and the $38 trillion national debt: Kevin Hassett sees ’big reductions’ in deficit while Scott Bessent sees a ‘shrinking ice cube’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
Banking‘We’re going to veto them’: Bessent backs new rules to give White House more power over Federal Reserve
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressDecember 3, 2025
EconomyScott Bessent calls the Giving Pledge well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous,’ growing from ‘a panic among the billionaire class’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 3, 2025
EconomyScott Bessent is defiant on whether tariffs are a tax, demands Democrats work to cut actual taxes instead
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 3, 2025
By Nino PaoliNovember 26, 2025
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