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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: U.S. will hit debt limit in August

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged congressional leadership to raise the debt ceiling by mid-July, in a letter sent May 9 and viewed by USA TODAY. Otherwise, the federal government will hit the current debt ceiling sometime in August, Bessent wrote.

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US makes ‘substantial progress’ in China tariff talks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says

U.S. negotiators said Sunday that “substantial progress” was made and “perhaps the differences weren’t so large” after two days of negotiations with a high-ranking Chinese delegation on ways to

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Congress should raise debt limit by July to avoid default, Bessent says

The government will exhaust resources to pay its bills in August, but Congress will be gone nearly all of that month.

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Here's a look at the sectors getting a boost from the truce in the US-China trade war

Shares of many companies that source at least some of their goods from China are surging on Monday as U.S. and Chinese ...

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Trump to shift consumer watchdog pick to senior Treasury role

U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jonathan McKernan, has instead been ...

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United States and China agree to temporarily suspend or cut most tariffs for 90 days

The two most important pieces to the global trade war puzzle may finally be coming together to prevent an attempted ...

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US Treasury Secretary expresses support for crypto bills at hearing

Speaking at a hearing, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested support for two crypto-related bills moving through ...

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'It's Trump who blinked': Former treasury secretary rips president over China negotiations

Former Treasury Secretary and economic analyst Lawrence Summers has said that President Donald Trump "blinked" during the United States' recent negotiations with China, in which both countries agreed ...

Tariff talks begin between US and Chinese officials in Geneva as the world looks for signs of hope

Chinese state media report the U.S. Treasury Secretary and America's top trade negotiator have begun talks with high-ranking ...

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Stocks and dollar surge on United States and China tariff pause

LONDON: Stocks and the US dollar surged after the United States and China said they agreed on a 90-day pause on tariffs and ...

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US Commerce Secretary Lutnick says China talks aimed at lowering trade tensions

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday said bilateral talks with China now underway in Geneva are intended to ...

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No signs of US recession, Treasury Secretary says

There are currently no signs that the United States has entered a recession despite the world's largest economy recording a ...

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