Scott Bessent Urges Investors to Bet on Trump’s Economic Plan The Treasury secretary urged executives and entrepreneurs to look beyond the Trump administration’s trade agenda.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged s […]

Bessent Pitches Skittish Investors to Bet on Trump’s Economic Plan The Treasury secretary urged executives and entrepreneurs to look beyond the Trump administration’s trade agenda.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged s […]

For the U.S. and China, the Only Talking Is About Whether to Talk The standoff over terms of negotiations, and whether they are happening, signals that a protracted economic fight lies ahead.As trade tensions flared […]

Scott Bessent Accuses IMF and World Bank of ‘Mission Creep’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called for major overhauls to the missions of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank but said that […]

Bessent Accuses IMF and World Bank of ”Mission Creep” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called for major overhauls to the missions of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank but said that […]

Treasury Secretary Bessent Talks China Trade War De-Escalation and Tax Cuts Scott Bessent told a group of investors that he expected trade tensions with China to de-escalate.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he […]

Global Growth Expected to Sputter Amid Trade War Fallout Fears President Trump’s trade war is expected to slow economic growth across the globe this year, in large part because his aggressive use of tariffs is likely t […]

Global Economic Leaders Gathering in U.S. Confront Trump’s New World Order The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy.Global economic leaders are gathering i […]

IMF Warns Trump Tariffs Will Weaken Economy and Increase Inflation Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned in a speech that protectionism erodes productivity.The world economy […]

Bessent Takes Tricky Center Stage as Trade Wars Roil U.S. Economy The Treasury secretary received counsel and criticism from some of his predecessors over President Trump’s policies.The traditional gathering of former T […]

Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and somewhat surprising […]

Trump Officials Point to Outreach on Tariffs in a Bid to Calm Markets President Trump’s top trade official defended the administration’s aggressive tariff moves on Tuesday, arguing before a Senate committee that the U.S. eco […]

Trump’s Tariffs Follow Anger Over Trade Imbalances and Lost Manufacturing Jobs Economists and legal experts question how the strongest economy in the world can be facing a national emergency over the trade deficit.President Trump […]

Trump’s Tariff Agenda Bets on Americans Giving Up Cheap Goods Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argues that the American dream is about more than cheap televisions, but inflation-weary consumers might disagree.President […]

U.S. Could Run Out of Cash by May, Budget Office Predicts The Congressional Budget Office said that the so-called X-date could occur as early as spring if Congress does not lift or suspend the nation’s debt l […]

U.S. Could Run Out of Cash by July, Analysis Finds The Bipartisan Policy Center estimates that the so-called X-date could fall between mid-July and early October if Congress does not lift or suspend the […]

Trump’s Tariffs Have Sown Uncertainty. That Might Be the Point. Since taking office, President Trump and his advisers have explained the president’s aggressive economic approach to tariffs with a litany of conflicting i […]

Trump Bows to Economic Reality With Tariff Delays and Exemptions With prices still high, the Trump administration is heeding the risks of fanning inflation with import duties.A month ago, President Trump announced that he […]

U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts The United States economy is starting to show signs of strain as President Trump’s abrupt moves to shrink federal spending, lay off government workers and i […]