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Bessent says ‘I am the house now.’ What it means for the yen — and U.S. stocks.

Bessent says ‘I am the house now.’ What it means for the yen — and U.S. stocks.
MarketWatch Wednesday 09 September 2026, 08:31 UTC By Steve Goldstein 1 min read
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has never been accused of being a wallflower, but speaking in front of Southern Methodist University’s business school on Tuesday night he made perhaps the most strident comment of his governmental career.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has never been accused of being a wallflower, but speaking in front of Southern Methodist University’s business school on Tuesday night he made perhaps the most strident comment of his governmental career.
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