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Scott Bessent: “We are the guardians of the treasury market and we try to be…”

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

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Scott Bessent: Inside Trump's Treasury; War Costs; & Why Bond Market is King

Published | Video Starts at 05:07

It's ultimately the bond market. And the U.S. treasury market is the deepest, most liquid and most, most solid in the world. We manage it, this, this building and we, We are the guardians of the treasury market and we try to be very transparent. and we also try to make sure that the market itself is very resilient on an operational and a settlement basis. (05:07–05:16)

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Asserts that the Treasury Department is responsible for the transparency of the treasury market.

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