US Treasury Secretary Bessent says markets are not efficient and are run by humans, who make mistakes, adds the treasuries narrative in August was that the sky is falling and the narrative was absurd
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US Treasury Secretary Bessent says markets are not efficient and are run by humans, who make mistakes, adds the treasuries narrative in August was that the sky is falling and the narrative was absurd.
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