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Trump’s Fed Pick May Come Within Next Week, Bessent Tells Yahoo

Jan. 28, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC
Tyler Clifford
Tyler Clifford

President Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Reserve could be announced “in the next week or so,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says in an interview with Yahoo Finance.

  • Bessent says he spoke with Trump about candidates on the plane yesterday

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Tyler Clifford in Washington at tclifford13@bloomberg.net

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