The status quo of large U.S trade deficits cannot persist, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "Intentional policy choices by other countries have hollowed out America’s manufacturing sector ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal with China is still possible. (Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a closed-door JPMorgan investor ...

In recent weeks, as President Donald Trump’s trade war has battered both stocks and business confidence, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared multiple times that the U.S. economy needs ...

You can thank the bond market, with an assist from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, for making it happen. We have been hyper-focused on how the stock market dropped ever since Trump declared ...

SCOTT BESSENT: Well, Maria, I think it's as you said in the last segment, it's all of the above. President Trump was elected with a mandate. He's closed the border so check on that.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday he expects a couple big deals “very quickly” in relation to President Trump’s latest tariff announcement. “We have one of the Vietnamese ...

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that President Trump’s apparent willingness to engage in tariff negotiations is a result of a “massive inflow” of calls from countries ...

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies shaping the American economy and is closely read by policymakers and ...