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US Treasury secretary: no risk of China weaponizing Treasuries despite bond market volatility
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in an interview with Yahoo Finance on Tuesday dismissed concerns over China weaponizing ...
US issues new sanctions targeting Chinese importers of Iranian oil
The United States on Wednesday issued new sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports, including against a China-based "teapot" ...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent makes stunning claim after Trump climbs down on tariffs
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters on Wednesday that it was Trump's strategy "all along" to impose high tariffs ...
Social Security lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave, AP sources say
Two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that more than 6,000 immigrants' Social Security numbers are ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans ready to retire aren’t worried about ‘day-to-day’ market fluctuations
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Bessent called it a “false narrative” that people who are close to retiring ...
Ex-Treasury secretary: US being treated as ‘problematic emerging market’
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Wednesday that the U.S. is being treated as a “problematic emerging market.” ...
Trump's team and supporters justify abrupt tariff reversal: It's 'The Art of the Deal,' dummy
President Donald Trump's 90-day tariff pause came on Wednesday with little warning. His team is saying it's all part of his ...
The bond market is acting weird. It spooked Trump
Global markets are reeling over President Donald Trump’s haphazard approach to tariffs and an escalating trade war with China. Stocks have been volatile, and an unsettling shift has emerged in the ...
Treasury secretary blames China’s DeepSeek for stock-market plunge: ‘A Mag 7 problem, not a MAGA problem’
The stock market plunge has more to do with the emergence this year of China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence tool than ...