Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for US Treasury Secretary, will face two big challenges if confirmed by the Senate: Ensuring that the world’s largest government-debt market functions properly, and pursuing a fiscal policy that doesn’t send the country’s debt-service costs soaring. This puts the onus on the US and foreign banks known as primary dealers, which also don’t have …
* Barclays raises full-year S&P 500 forecast * Bond yields drop as Bessent's move seen easing fiscal concerns * Macy's slides after delaying Q3 report on accounting issue By Saeed Azhar, Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal Nov 25 - Wall Street's main indexes ended higher on Monday, with the small-cap Russell 2000 index hitting an all-time high after Scott …
The U.S. government bumped up against its debt limit Thursday, prompting the Treasury Department to take “extraordinary” accounting steps to avoid default — as friction between President Joe Biden and House Republicans raised concern about whether the U.S. can sidestep an economic crisis. The Treasury Department said in a letter to congressional leaders it had started taking “extraordinary measures” as …
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government bumped up against its debt limit Thursday, prompting the Treasury Department to take “extraordinary” accounting steps to avoid default — as friction between President Joe Biden and House Republicans raised concern about whether the U.S. can sidestep an economic crisis. The Treasury Department said in a letter to congressional leaders it had started taking “extraordinary …