Scott Bessent

Paolia Subacchi thinks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's efforts to move bond markets shows that the US dollar remains everyone's problem

Paolia Subacchi thinks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's efforts to move bond markets shows that the US dollar remains everyone's problem

Katharina Pistor thinks the US Fed and the US Treasury have lost sight of their central, but not independent, role in financial markets

Katharina Pistor thinks the US Fed and the US Treasury have lost sight of their central, but not independent, role in financial markets

Kenneth Rogoff warns that fiddling with bond maturities won't save the US from the painful fiscal choices ahead

Kenneth Rogoff warns that fiddling with bond maturities won't save the US from the painful fiscal choices ahead

Stephen Roach takes US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to task for pursuing ineffective currency and bond market interventions

Stephen Roach takes US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to task for pursuing ineffective currency and bond market interventions

Harold James explains what is really driving the Trump Administration's currency and bond-market interventions

Harold James explains what is really driving the Trump Administration's currency and bond-market interventions

Koichi Hamada weighs the merits of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for Japanese monetary tightening as the yen sinks

Koichi Hamada weighs the merits of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for Japanese monetary tightening as the yen sinks

James K. Galbraith asks whether US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is right to urge the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates

James K. Galbraith asks whether US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is right to urge the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates

The United States expects to reduce the high tariffs imposed on China soon, as the International Monetary Fund forecasts a sharp slowdown in economic growth

The United States expects to reduce the high tariffs imposed on China soon, as the International Monetary Fund forecasts a sharp slowdown in economic growth

The United States’ crudely calculated tariffs were not reciprocal and risk fracturing global trade as China and Europe vow to retaliate and protect their own markets

The United States’ crudely calculated tariffs were not reciprocal and risk fracturing global trade as China and Europe vow to retaliate and protect their own markets