“If you’re trying not to politicize the Fed, for the Fed chair to be sitting there trying to put his thumb on the scale is a real mistake,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Bessent Attended a Supreme Court Argument. Now He’s Telling Powell Not to.
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