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Trump Appoints Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

CNN on MSN · 9h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got nothing to do with the Federal Reserve.

Fox Business on MSN · 20h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for Trump tax cuts to be made permanent

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on FOX Business Network's "Kudlow" and urged Republicans to make President Donald Trump's tax cut permanent, rather than a temporary extension.

Yahoo Finance on MSN · 16h

Trump Treasury secretary Scott Bessent relieves some pressure on the Fed

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Donald Trump is not asking the Federal Reserve to lower its short-term interest rates, but what he and the president do want is to bring down longer-term borrowing costs via 10-year Treasury yields (^TNX).

Musk, Bessent

Hosted on MSN · 12h

Bessent Says Musk’s DOGE Isn’t Altering Treasury Systems

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted the Treasury employees on Elon Musk’s government efficiency team with read-only access to federal payment data, and that there’s been no “tinkering” with the department’s payment systems.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

US Treasury's Payment System 'Not Being Touched' by Musk's DOGE, Bessent Says

But Bessent lauded Musk's efforts to cut government spending and said "DOGE is not going to fail," unlike previous government efficiency drives such as the Grace Commission in the

Trump officials made bogus claims about what Musk's DOGE team could do at Treasury, report says

WIRED reporter Vittoria Elliott joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss her reporting exposing the young, inexperienced members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team who are wreaking havoc in several agencies and gaining access to sensitive data,

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Trump Names Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, to Lead the Consumer Bureau

The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other ...

CNN on MSN10d

Senate confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new ...

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Scott Bessent Is Sworn In as 79th US Treasury Secretary

Scott Bessent was sworn in as Treasury Secretary on Tuesday, taking the helm of one of the government agencies most critical ...

3hon MSN

Economist: There is 'no button' Scott Bessent can push to lower long-term rates in a meaningful way

Nathan Sheets of Citi discusses U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent's calls for lower long-term bond yields, saying his 3-3-3 ...

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Trump’s focus on 10-year Treasury yield to cut borrowing costs raises curiosity — and problems

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell may be breathing easier now that the Trump administration intends to focus on the 10-year ...

Acting CFPB Director Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop virtually all work

Contending that he wants to ensure that the CFPB is in line with Trump Administration policies, acting bureau Director Scott Bessent has ...

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Warren blasts Treasury Secretary Bessent on Elon Musk weekend data grab

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers following reports that billionaire Elon Musk took access to the nation's finance ...

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