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21 Aug 2026, 20:11 UTC · 1h ago
Here's how Bessent's newly activist Treasury Department is undercutting the Fed's Warsh
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Market Watch
21 Aug 2026, 20:11 UTC · 1h ago
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent intervened in Treasury markets to lower the cost of government debt. — Direct government intervention to suppress yields can signal market dysfunction and distort pricing for all fixed-income assets.
-0.60Experts claim Bessent's intervention undercuts Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's credibility to set interest-rate policy. — Perceived erosion of Fed independence typically increases the risk premium on government bonds and creates currency volatility.
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