Checked Off. Not for You.
Treasury Secretary Bessent's photographed notepad reveals a $5-10 billion foreign currency purchase treated as a routine to-do item while domestic priorities go unchecked.
Source article: Bessent's to-do list reveals US proposal to buy $5bn-$10bn of yen.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- economy
- Primary entities
- Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury, Japan, Camp David
- Themes
- Currency intervention, Foreign exchange markets, U.S.-Japan relations
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Informed citizenship, Equality & fairness