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I'm trying to work out whether the Bessen and the and the reporting that maybe he's going to be considered for Fed chair after after Powell is good news for the markets or a risk for the markets given how well many within the markets think he's handled that tension between being loyal to Trump and executing the tariff regime and those of course negotiations with the trading partners. Yeah, he's he's definitely seen by the market as a safe pair of hands, but again what you just said there, he's seen as very ...

Scott Bessent is seen as a safe pair of hands. It's really still a question mark of maybe the market reaction if he is picked. But Trump does say that he wants to name a successor very soon.Formal interviews have yet to take place and Jerome Powell term isn't yet over until May 2026. But the speculation here is, Tom, that if Trump does want to have some sort of influence on Fed policy, he would name a shadow Fed chair sooner rather than later. So the markets will watch what the shadow Fed chair says rather ...