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Bessent walks back rate cut remarks

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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 television interview on Wednesday. Fed policymakers last month kept their benchmark at a target range of 4.

Treasury Secretary Bessent wants the Fed to lower its lending rate

The current Federal Reserve interest rate is significantly higher than necessary and should be lowered, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday.

Seeking Alpha on MSN · 1d

Bessent walks back rate cut remarks: 'I didn't tell the Fed what to do'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified Thursday he is not calling for interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, saying his remarks only pointed to models showing the neutral rate about 150 basis points lower.

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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 ...

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Bessent says BOJ is 'behind the curve' on inflation, likely to hike rates, in Bloomberg interview

The Bank of Japan will likely be raising interest rates as it is behind the curve in dealing with the risk of inflation, U.S.

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Akazawa Says Bessent Isn’t Asking Japan to Hike Rates

Japan’s chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent isn’t directly asking Japan to hike ...

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Scott Bessent says Japan is ‘behind the curve’ on interest rates

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said that Japan’s central bank is falling “behind the curve” on inflation and will ...

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Markets have convinced themselves they’ll get a September interest rate cut—now they’re eyeing a double reduction

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for 50bps to offset missed opportunities earlier this summer, but some analysts ...

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U.S. Treasury yields drop as soft inflation fuels Fed rate cut bets

The inflation report led to a 3-bps drop in the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.255% and a 1-bp drop in the 2-year Treasury yield ...

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