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

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

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Treasury Department does not expect the incoming president’s proposed tariffs ...

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

Scott Bessent, a South Carolina billionaire hedge fund manager, wasted no time getting to the crux of his confirmation ...

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent sparred with the Senate Finance Committee over the future direction of fiscal policy ...

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.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice and Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent will ...

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