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Scott Bessent Treasury Secretary confirmation hearing

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 1d

Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent Says Trump Could Bring ‘New Economic Golden Age’

The fund manager will face senators at a confirmation hearing on Thursday

KDVR-TV Denver on MSN · 2d

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent says Trump tax cuts should not expire

Scott Bessent, a South Carolina billionaire hedge fund manager, wasted no time getting to the crux of his confirmation hearing: the expiring Trump tax cuts. “This is the single most important economic issue of the day,” Bessent told the committee.

Boise State Public Radio · 2d

Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary is Scott Bessent. Here's what to know

Trump's promised tax cuts, and their potential consequences for the U.S. economy, took center stage at Bessent's confirmation hearing.

Treasury, debt and extraordinary measures

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Yellen says Treasury will use 'extraordinary measures' on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling,

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Treasury to begin ‘extraordinary measures’ as US approaches debt cliff

The breach of the debt ceiling officially starts the clock on how long Trump and Congress will have to act to avoid a financially catastrophic default.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Feds will hit debt ceiling day after Trump’s inauguration, forcing ‘extraordinary measures’: Treasury Secretary

The federal government will hit its debt limit one day after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – at which point “extraordinary measures” will be taken to keep the US from defaulting on its obligations,

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Treasury secretary nominee Bessent favors tax cuts, China tariffs, Russia sanctions

President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent favors imposing tariffs on China, sanctions on Russia ...

Treasury secretary nominee warns increased government spending and no extension of Trump tax cuts will lead to ‘economic crisis’

Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson has the latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect ...

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Trump Treasury pick Bessent backs Fed independence, dollar, sanctions on Russian oil

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Thursday that the dollar should remain the world's reserve currency, the Federal ...

Watch: Scott Bessent testifies at secretary of the treasury confirmation hearing

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are set to question Scott Bessent’s stance on taxes, tariffs, trade and other issues during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.