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Bessent Urges Fed to Lower Rates by 150 Basis Points or More

I think we could go into a series of rate cuts here, starting with a 50 basis-point rate cut in September,” Bessent said in a ...

Fed cut seen near certain after inflation data, Bessent comments

The likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September is now seen near 100% after new data showed U.S. inflation ...

Why a jumbo Fed rate cut in September would ‘come across as panicky’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Federal Reserve should drastically slash rates. Wall Street isn’t so sure.

Bessent Says Interest Rates Should Fall by at Least 1.5 Percentage Points Over Time

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said interest rates should be substantially lower than they are now, and he believes there ...

Bessent Wants Aggressive Fed Rate Cuts: 'We Should Be 150-175 Points Lower'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said interest rates are too restrictive and signaled the Trump administration supports ...

PPI report casts doubt on Bessent’s call for 50-basis-point Fed cut in September: ING

The producer-price index report released Thursday challenged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s push for a 50-basis-point ...

Bessent Hints Fed Should Be Open to a Half-Point Rate Cut

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that the Federal Reserve ought to be open to a bigger, 50 basis-point cut in the ...

Bessent says market expects Fed to cut rates this year: 'substantial probability'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said financial markets are pricing in a high likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting ...

Fed-funds traders see almost 71% chance of a 50-basis-point Fed rate cut by October

Fed-funds futures traders were shifting toward a greater likelihood of a 50-basis-point rate cut from the Federal Reserve by ...

Bessent Says He’s Not Pushing Fed Cuts, Just Highlighting Models

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he isn’t calling for a series of interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, just pointing out that models suggest a “neutral” rate would be about 1.5 ...