9/24/2026
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Bessent grilled on AI, bond market in tense House hearing: 3 takeaways

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Bessent grilled on AI, bond market in tense House hearing: 3 takeaways
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faced lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, amid concerns over rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) and surging bond yields. During the nearly three-hour-long hearing, Bessent brushed off concerns about AI and defended his department’s intervention in the bond market. But that did not stop Democrats on the panel from taking him to task on

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