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Ron Wyden says the U.S. economy ‘has gone from the envy of the world to a laughingstock in less time than it took to finish March Madness’
The senator laments how Trump and his advisors refuse to give a straight answer about the end-goal of tariffs.
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The Treasury Secretary Is Wrong About How Most Retirees See the Stock Market
About 400 replied. Credit...Robert Neubecker Supported by By Ron Lieber Last weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on television and said people who wanted to retire right now were not ...
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How Bessent’s billion-dollar bet on the bond market saved Trump from autarky
Less than half an hour before the opening bell on Friday, April 4, President Donald Trump shared a video claiming that the single-largest decline in the New York Stock Exchange since March 2020 ...
The New York Times8d
The Treasury Secretary Needs Better Data on How You Save for Retirement
Scott Bessent said on television that most people kept 401(k) money in a 60% stock fund. It’s not quite that simple. By Ron Lieber Trump administration officials made the rounds this weekend to ...