Comment by IAmGraydon
9 hours ago
Bessent wrote that note very large and intentionally left it visible in hopes that it would be photographed and the market would do the work for him. If the market believes the US Government is going to spend $10B on JPY, it will happily price it right in without the US having to spend a penny.
It does have an air of Austin Powers about it.
Dr Evil's notepad in his evil lair.
"To Do: Kill Austin Powers tomorrow!"
These guys never do anything by accident, like when Jamie Dimon said "I probably shouldn't say this, but if you see one cockroach there's probably more".
You don't get to manoeuvre yourself to being the head of JP Morgan by starting sentences with "I probably shouldn't say this" in interviews and then saying something you actually think you shouldn't say