Treasury secretary nominee Bessent favors tax cuts, China tariffs, Russia sanctions
President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent favors imposing tariffs on China, sanctions on Russia ...
5 things the nominee for Treasury Secretary signaled about what markets can expect in a 2nd Trump term
Bessent said he believed Trump's presidency would help "unleash a new economic golden age," which could include more jobs and ...
Morning Report — Treasury choice touts Trumponomics
Treasury nominee Bessent a shoo-in Trump’s foreign policy steps into unstable world Gaza truce back on track Inauguration Day ...
Treasury nominee calls for stronger Russia sanctions and Fed independence at confirmation panel
Scott Bessent to say at his confirmation hearing that Donald Trump has opportunity to unleash “new economic golden age.” ...
Oil: Bessent is '100% on board' to raise sanctions on Russia
Scott Bessent faced questioning by lawmakers from the Senate Finance Committee earlier Thursday as part of his confirmation ...
Scott Bessent backs Fed independence, dollar, sanctions on Russian oil
Asked whether Congress should abandon the federal debt ceiling, Bessent said that if Trump requested that, he would work with ...
Trump Treasury pick Bessent backs Fed independence, dollar, sanctions on Russian oil
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Thursday that the dollar should remain the world's reserve currency, the Federal Reserve should stay independent and ...
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Trump’s Treasury pick says he would fully back tougher sanctions on Russia to end the war
Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, pledged to support sanctions against ...
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Bessent says he’ll seek tougher Russian oil sanctions if Trump asks
The Treasury secretary nominee supports tightening sanctions on the Russian oil sector “to levels that would bring the Russian Federation to the table.” ...
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“If Trump asks, we'll step up sanctions against Putin”
At his confirmation hearing before the Senate on Thursday, incoming US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he stood ready ...
Stock futures advance ahead of three-day break
U.S. stock futures advanced on Friday in the last trading day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 126 points, or 0.3%, to 43498. S&P 500 futures ...