A Trump DOGE Dividend Could Raise Inflation
DealBook’s Lauren Hirsch is in Miami Beach at the FII Priority conference, where President Trump floated the idea of sending ...
Tag: National Debt (US)
Interest Rate Cuts on Hold Till Inflation Improves, Fed Meeting Minutes Show
The Federal Reserve pressed pause on interest rate cuts last month. The minutes from its January meeting suggest the hiatus ...
Higher Interest Rates Make Federal Debt More Expensive
The path of interest rates over the next year doesn’t just affect the cost of mortgages and car loans. It ...
Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The Senate on Monday voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent to be President Trump’s Treasury secretary, putting in ...
U.S. to Deploy ‘Extraordinary Measures’ to Avoid Default on Jan. 21
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen told Congress on Friday that on Jan. 21 the Treasury Department will have to begin ...
U.S. Faces Record Debt Levels as Republicans Plan Tax Cuts
The United States is poised to add trillions of dollars to the national debt over the next decade as the ...
A First-Day Trump Order: A Federal Stockpile of Bitcoin?
A pair of 50-page policy proposals laying out the plan in detail. Discussions about the specifics with President-elect Donald J. ...
What Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Pick, Might Get Asked Today
A test for Trump’s cabinet pickFor businesses and markets, perhaps the most important of the hearings for the incoming Trump ...
Trump Treasury Pick Scott Bessent to Face Grilling
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, will face questions from lawmakers on Thursday about how he ...
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