U.S. Treasury chief Scott Bessent to skip IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will not attend the upcoming International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok next week, a Treasury Department official confirmed on Friday. Bessent had been expected to chair a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors during the event on Thursday.
His absence coincides with a critical economic juncture marked by benchmark U.S. Treasury yields surging to their highest levels in nearly 25 years.
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Japan Times (JP)Emphasizes the critical domestic economic timing amid surging Treasury yields.
Free Malaysia Today (MY)Focuses on the disruption to international leadership and scheduled G20 duties.
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