Global economic policy now seems at the mercy of an exceptionally casual approach to information, scribbled on a notepad, awaiting an update on Scott Bessent's to-do list.

TOKYO, Aug 5 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's public views on Japan's monetary policy have all but locked the central bank into an interest rate hike at its September…

TOKYO, Aug 5 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's public views on Japan's monetary policy have all but locked the central bank into an interest rate hike at its September…