The possibility that President Donald Trump could replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with Treasury Secretary Scott ...

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The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the Trump administration is now eyeing Aug. 1 as the date to slap the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned Federal Reserve policymakers’ judgment on interest rates, reiterating his view ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday night that he thinks the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates by September ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he "will go where the president thinks" he's "best suited" to serve, as calls grow for ...

Tensions between Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Trump have intensified over the central bank’s interest rate decisions and ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s economic analysis and claimed Bessent had made his “35-year career listening to the market.” “They have ...

President Trump plans to name a successor to Jerome Powell, who ends his term as Fed chair in May 2026. Two contenders have ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was put on the spot Thursday when he didn't definitively rule out becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday night that he thinks the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates by September or 'sooner' because of mild inflation thus far from President Trump's ...