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Scott Bessent: “We've narrowed it down to five [candidates for the next Fed…”

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

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The 11 candidates we started out with were all strong candidates. As someone again who is a professor of economic history, I've learned so much from, from the candidates and We've narrowed it down to five [candidates for the next Fed Chair] that we will have to push out the next round to after the Asia trip. So I suspect that that will go on in November and then likely sometime after Thanksgiving in December, we'll present the President with three or four candidates for him to interview. (27:04–27:14)

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