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Bessent plans to use the Financial Stability Oversight Council to "drive change" in banking regulation. How does FSOC control affect his strategy?
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As FSOC chairman, Bessent gains direct authority to pressure and potentially override Fed banking decisions, centralizing regulatory power under Treasury political control. This violates the principle...
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