Person · US Treasury Secretary

Scott Bessent

Mixed

Kept the US in the IMF and World Bank and backed a $20 billion Argentina swap, but presses the banks off climate finance and toward oil and gas; skipped.

Role: US Treasury Secretary
Type: Person
Assessment: Mixed, since 30 Oct 2026
Last revised: 30 Oct 2026
Sources: 3

Our assessment

Kept the US in the IMF and World Bank and backed a $20 billion Argentina swap, but presses the banks off climate finance and toward oil and gas; skipped the October 2026 Bangkok meetings.

Called the end of World Bank lending to China "an important milestone" (October 2026)
Urged IMF scrutiny of non-market policies and exchange rates

Connections

FriendInternational Monetary FundPushes IMF to scrutinize non-market policies and exchange rates (October 2026)
FriendWorld Bank GroupUrges end of upstream oil and gas financing ban; welcomes end of lending to China
ListedArgentina$20 billion currency swap
MixedDonald Trumpappointed
FriendErin Brownereports to

Assessment history

2026-10-29File opened from the research dataset.

Corrections

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