Bessent, Scott

• Sell America Is the New Trade on Wall Street - Investors are increasingly souring on the United States, as illustrated by the declining dollar, the stalled stock market and rising government borrowing costs.
• Five Questions for Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair - Succession drama, legal intrigue and political independence: These are top issues that DealBook would ask of the Federal Reserve chairman.
• A.I., Big Tech and Trump Shine Most Brightly at the Davos Spectacle - The World Economic Forum is now dominated by global technology companies whose interests shunt aside most others.
• Bessent Attended a Supreme Court Argument. Now He’s Telling Powell Not to. - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a mistake for Jerome Powell to attend arguments in a case on Fed independence. But Mr. Bessent attended a tariff case.
• The Trump Drama Hits Davos - Greenland, tariffs and wobbling markets are the talk of the town at the World Economic Forum ahead of the president’s arrival on Wednesday.
• Trump Insists Tariffs Will Buoy the Economy and Ease Cost Concerns - The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.
• Bessent Divested From Soybean Farms After Ethics Office Warning - The Treasury Secretary said on Sunday he recently shed his holdings to comply with his federal ethics agreement.
• Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the search for the next Federal Reserve chair, could face President Trump’s wrath if the person chosen does not quickly lower interest rates.
• For ‘No Tax on Tips,’ the I.R.S. Gets Intimate - The Trump administration wants to exclude earnings from “pornographic activity” from a new tax break for tips. Will the I.R.S. know it when it sees it?