Bessent urges Fed to keep an open mind on rates, citing AI productivity
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Bessent's comments are best read as the Treasury Secretary's own advocacy for a looser Fed reaction function rather than a signal of imminent policy change, but the framing matters for rate expectations given his direct line to a Fed chair the administration itself selected. Expl
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