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Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, previously agreed to occupy two different houses at the same time as his “principal residence”, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday,…

Keir Starmer has attempted to wrest back control of economic policy from the Treasury by bolstering his No 10 team, bringing in the chancellor’s deputy and…

Rachel Reeves should levy a new bank tax and urge the Bank of England to halt bond sales to reduce the government’s £22bn-a-year losses from quantitative…

Bessent calls for series of rate cutsUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reiterated his call for a half-point interest rate reduction at the Federal Reserve’s next…

Donald Trump said he would “shortly” announce his pick for an open seat on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors and possibly his nominee for Fed…

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US to make several trade announcements in next 48 hours, treasury secretary saysThe United States will make several trade announcements in the next 48 hours, treasury…