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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.