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Scott Bessent is 'playing with fire' as Treasury debt buyback scheme risks dollar devaluation spiral - Fortune

Scott Bessent is 'playing with fire' as Treasury debt buyback scheme risks dollar devaluation spiral - Fortune

"Markets are primed for Dollar debasement to resume and — as Japan shows — it can be next to impossible to stabilize a currency once it enters a devaluation spiral."

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears to be heading down a path similar to Japans, and it signals debasement of the dollar, according to a top economist.In a Substack post on Thursday, Robin Brook… [+3473 chars]

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