Scott Bessent instead stuck to carefully prepared notes, as he addressed an audience at the Australian Embassy in Washington yesterday. But while the secretary isn't a cut-through headline maker ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent continued to dismiss angst over the efforts by DOGE to shrink the federal workforce and curb public spending, saying its name doesn’t stand for the “Department ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday argued the U.S. economy is more fragile under the surface than economic metrics suggest and vowed to "re-privatize ...

US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump's tariffs can be both a tool to raise revenue and correct imbalances in other economies - Copyright ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will address the inaugural Australian Super Summit in Washington this week in a diplomatic win for Australia, as the Albanese government works to leverage ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a U.S.-Ukraine deal featuring “strategic minerals, energy and state-owned enterprises” has an “implicit” economic security guarantee. “This deal is ...

SCOTT BESSENT: Look, Maria, I think that, if we have a bloated government and if that gets cut down, then government spending will go down. Many times on your show in the past 10 months, I have ...

Feb. 22 (UPI) --U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said postwar Ukraine would benefit greatly from a rear earths minerals deal while better ensuring lasting peace with Russia. U.S. and ...

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng expressed “serious concern” over new U.S. tariffs in his first call with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent since Donald Trump returned to the White House, ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Before he became President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent openly criticized his predecessor Janet Yellen for issuing more short-dated debt — a move he ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that any move to boost the share of longer-term Treasuries in government debt issuance was some way off given current hurdles, including elevated inflation ...

Gold pared gains after reaching a fresh record, as traders booked some profits after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed speculation that the government might revalue its bullion holdings.