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Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, will likely face tough questions on tax cuts and tariffs — and how bond markets might check ... elect Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury ...

Wonder Land: With Donald ... s system of checks and balances. Photo: Jim LoScalzo - Pool via CNP/Zuma Press Has a signature ever put so much in motion? By week’s end, President Trump will ...

A run on U.S. Treasury bonds, they feared ... market vigilantes are going to come back for a second chapter." As Donald Trump takes office on January 20, concerns over bond vigilantes in the ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent told his confirmation hearing Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity ... ensure inflation stays in check, manage a ...

FILE - Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Treasury, is seen as he ... ensure inflation stays in check, manage a ballooning national debt and still keep ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent plans to say Thursday during his confirmation hearing that President-elect Donald Trump has ... inflation stays in check, manage a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent plans to say Thursday during his confirmation hearing that President-elect Donald Trump has ... inflation stays in check, manage a ...