Bessent Criticizes Fed Whisperers: Waller's Tenure to End Reliance on Gossip

Treasury Secretary Bessent asserts that under Waller, Fed reporters will lose access to leaks, forcing a shift from gossip to genuine economic analysis.

Woofun AI reports that U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent criticized journalists labeled as "Fed whisperers", specifically Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal. Bessent stated that a key aspect of Waller's tenure at the Federal Reserve will be observing these reporters reduced to covering behind-the-scenes gossip. He argued that without insiders feeding them information, they are incapable of producing genuine economic or monetary policy analysis.