Bessent: Senate Will Be Happy With Any of Four Fed Candidates

The Senate will be “quite happy” with any one of the four “great” candidates the Trump administration is considering to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC News.

• “I believe we will probably be hearing from the banking committee soon” on what they would like to see, Bessent says
• Bessent calls for oversight of the Federal Reserve, noting the institution can print its own money

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