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Bessent’s Rate View Defies Fed Models, Deutsche Bank Says  Bloomberg.com US Fed to cut rates in September and once more this year, say most economists: Reuters poll  Reuters Why the Fed Will Disappoint the Stock Market, Even if It Cuts Rates in September  Barron’s Is the Fed ready to cut interest rates? Experts weigh in  ABC News All roads lead to inflation: Fed cut …

PITTSBURGH — It should come as no surprise that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to be the next Federal Reserve chairman. Spend any time listening to Bessent talk, and it is clear he is laser-focused on one thing, something he can only accomplish in his current job: lifting America’s economy into a position where both Main Street and Wall Street …

Leavitt cleans up Bessent’s Social Security privatization comments: ‘Supplement, not substitute’  Politico Treasury Secretary’s comments on Social Security, Trump baby accounts draw fire  Axios Treasury Secretary Says Trump Accounts Could Pave Way to Privatizing Social Security  The New York Times Scott Bessent Gulps His Way Through Damage Control on Social Security  New York Magazine Trump’s newborn savings accounts a ‘back door for privatizing Social …