Treasury department said Financial Times article about Scott Bessent\u2019s views on Fed oversight was \u2018manufactured\u2019 <\/p>\n
The US treasury department demanded on Friday that the Financial Times (FT) retract a report on treasury secretary Scott Bessent\u2019s views on the Federal Reserve, accusing the newspaper of publishing \u201cfalse claims\u201d in a formal complaint that was escalated to the news outlet\u2019s parent company, Nikkei Inc.<\/p>\n
The email from treasury officials, addressed to senior editors at the FT and Nikkei, disputed multiple claims in the story and criticized the headline as misrepresenting the underlying reporting.<\/p>\n
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