Scott Bessent's wise comments on tariffs, taxes, spending, and debt calmed investors and sent markets soaring.

Bessent said he believed Trump's presidency would help "unleash a new economic golden age," which could include more jobs and ...

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent outlined a three-pronged approach to tariffs during his Senate testimony this week, ...

Trump's picks fit into three groups: the fortifiers (the good), the detractors (the bad), and the mercurial influencers who ...

Scott Bessent called carbon tariffs against the Chinese an “interesting idea” but balked at the idea of a “clean energy race.

Asked whether Congress should abandon the federal debt ceiling, Bessent said that if Trump requested that, he would work with ...

Treasury nominee Bessent a shoo-in Trump’s foreign policy steps into unstable world Gaza truce back on track Inauguration Day ...

U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent on Thursday faced sharp questions from both Democrats and Republicans on tax policies, ...

South Carolina billionaire investor and hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent faced questioning on Capitol Hill Thursday during ...

Steven Miran, Trump’s head of the Council of Economic Advisers, wrote a paper defending tariffs and arguing that tariffs are ...

Scott Bessent, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for Treasury Secretary, advocates maintaining the dollar's status, tougher Russian sanctions, extending Trump's tax cuts, and Fed independence.

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent is on track to be confirmed following a confirmation hearing Thursday lacking the ...