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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Not In Compliance With Ethics Agreement

In a statement issued by the Treasury Department, Bessent said he had completed all but 4% of the asset divestitures required by his ethics agreement.

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US Treasury's Bessent not in compliance with ethics agreement

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has not divested certain assets as required under government ethics rules and needs to guard against conflicts of interests in policymaking, the Office of Government Ethics reported has said.

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Treasury Secretary Bessent wants the Fed to lower its lending rate

The current Federal Reserve interest rate is significantly higher than necessary and should be lowered, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday.

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Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency

The Treasury secretary has been slow to shed assets, including farmland, posing potential conflicts of interest.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent fails to divest his financial holdings and hit with watchdog warning

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has failed to divest his financial holdings, the government’s ethics watchdog has ...

Fed's Daly says big rate cut in September not needed in rebuff to Bessent

Short-term U.S. government bonds are underperforming longer-duration Treasurys after San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly ...

Bessent’s Rebuke to BOJ’s Cautious Approach Sends Yen Higher

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Bank of Japan’s cautious approach to raising interest rates, saying it was ...

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Bessent says BOJ is 'behind the curve' on inflation, likely to hike rates, in Bloomberg interview

The Bank of Japan will likely be raising interest rates as it is behind the curve in dealing with the risk of inflation, U.S.

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Bessent Says Japan 'Behind the Curve' in Monetary Tightening, in Bloomberg Interview

TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Japan is being late in handling monetary tightening during an ...

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Bessent sees Nvidia, AMD China agreements as a model for others

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the recent deal to allow Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to resume ...

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Fed cut seen near certain after inflation data, Bessent comments

The likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September is now seen near 100% after new data showed U.S. inflation ...

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Bessent Calls On BOJ To Raise Rates; U.S. Dollar Mostly Firmer, Yen Rises

The yen is rising for the third consecutive session, apparently boosted by calls from the US Treasury Secretary for the Bank of Japan to raise rates. Click to read.

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Bessent says he’ll push to end congressional stock trading

Both House and Senate GOP leaders have been scrambling to address several bipartisan pushes for legislation to ban members of ...

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