Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Says Growing Recession Fears Are ‘Media Driven’

Bessent: Ignore The Surveys, Watch The Data

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed back against pessimistic market sentiment Monday, urging investors and analysts to ignore survey-based indicators and focus on hard economic data.

Treasury Secretary Bessent says stock market concerns are 'media-driven'

Secretary Scott Bessent of the Department of the Treasury said Sunday that concerns over the stock market are driven by the press.

Treasury Secretary Bessent: Recession Fears Are 'Media Driven'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed growing concerns over a potential recession, attributing the anxiety to media exaggeration. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Bessent emphasized that consumer behavior does not align with the pessimistic narratives presented in the press.​

THE ECONOMY: Bessent Catches The Media In Yet ANOTHER Anti-Trump Falsehood

Here’s their dirty little secret: in telling us only half of the story, they are telling us an entire lie… and they’re getting away with it. (Until now.) There are two ways the media lied to the public in manipulating the voting public back in 2020. They hid bad news about Biden (including the laptop, his mental decline, stories about his corruption, and so on), and they hid good news about Trump — economic successes, the Abraham accords, even e…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Is Waiting for This Story From the Media

I thought we would be seeing Hoovervilles and a barter economy right now. The tariff policy initiated by the Trump administration has created some market volatility, which was going to happen regardless.

You Can't Hate the Mainstream Media Enough: Watch Martha Raddatz Show Scott Bessent Why the Fake News Can Never Be Trusted

Martha Raddatz proves once again that the mainstream news can never be trutsted. They don’t even make good entertainment! Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week earlier today. During their interview, Bessent took a swing at the fake news media. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: When I look at some of the things that are being published, there was a story 10 days ago that said, This is the worst April for the st…