Scott Bessent Confirms Search For Fed Chair Who Will Shrink Institution, End Perpetual QE

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Scott Bessent Confirms Search For Fed Chair Who Will Shrink Institution, End Perpetual QE

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed the administration is actively interviewing candidates for the next Federal Reserve Chair, seeking a leader committed to shrinking the central bank's ...

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He argued that the Fed's “gain of function” experiments—specifically the large-scale asset purchases that began in 2008—must be rolled back to restore economic fairness.\nBessent delivered a critique of post-GFC monetary policy, labeling the Federal Reserve “the engine of inequality.” He argued that while the Fed is not responsible for creating equality, it should not actively exacerbate the wealth gap.\n“We ended up with this two-tier economy where either you were an asset holder, or you weren’t,” Bessent said. He contended that by keeping interest rates artificially low and buying trillions in assets, the Fed inflated the portfolios of the wealthy while leaving Main Street behind.\n“The Fed engaged in… modern monetary practice,” Bessent noted, referring to the monetization of government debt. 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