When President-elect Donald Trump takes office this month, he’s vowed to begin making major changes—for better or worse—on ...

The new Secretary of Treasury has a strong fundamental view of markets and leans pro Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

Bessent aims to maintain the strength of the U.S. economy with an adapted version of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

Beijing will have no choice but to weaken the yuan if Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary takes an activist approach to bond ...

Trump’s choice of Treasury secretary is capable and qualified. That will make following the president-elect’s instructions ...

President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has touted a "3-3-3" economic plan that would seek to reduce budget deficits while boosting growth and energy production.

President-elect Trump announced numerous appointments Thursday night, including a team that will work in the Treasury ...

Such are the crosscurrents coursing through the biography of Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. The appointment would give him vast power over the ...

Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, has some pretty unorthodox views. Unorthodoxy can be a good thing at times, and it’s conceivable that Bessent will end up a big ...

The stock market is comfortably higher to start the short trading week after President-elect Donald Trump late Friday nominated Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Treasury secretary of the United ...

Trump nominated Scott Bessent, a billionaire investor, for Treasury secretary. Bessent spent years working for George Soros before founding a hedge fund. He's signaled support for many of Trump's ...