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Scott Bessent: “There's this very complicated calculus between the monetary…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:09

… we started with 11 candidates, is in talking to these candidates, I realized the Fed has become this very complicated operation. It's no longer just a price setting of money. There's this very complicated calculus between the monetary policy, the balance, the balance sheet, and regulatory policy. And we've really emphasized in the interviews what's the interplay for that calculus in terms of the, the best way forward for the American economy and what the, what is, … (04:09–04:21)

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Asserts that there is a complex relationship between monetary policy, the balance sheet, and regulatory policy at the Fed.

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