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Scott Bessent

PERSON Government / Treasury Department Momentum 4.7ML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features: mention velocity, article breadth, relationship density, deal context, recency, market cap, enrichment completeness, mention concentration, entity type. NORMALPSI regime classification. QUIET (<0.3): baseline activity. NORMAL (0.3-0.5): typical deal flow. ELEVATED (0.5-0.7): above-average signals. HIGH (0.7-0.85): significant activity. EXTREME (>0.85): exceptional signal concentration. Primary: Spectral Shift

Scott Bessent serves as US Treasury Secretary, leading a $6.7T department overseeing fiscal policy, sanctions administration, and capital markets regulation. Recent coverage reflects his involvement in Russia energy sanctions policy and geopolitical economic responses to Iran tensions.

0.10
PSI ScorePlocamium Signal Index - composite z-score from 5 orthogonal signals: news frequency, targeted sentiment, graph centrality, regulatory filings, and clinical trial activity.
4.7
MomentumML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features including mention velocity, article breadth, deal context, and relationship density. Retrained weekly.
1%
ConfidenceSignal confidence - percentage of PSI sub-signals with sufficient data (30+ observations). Higher confidence means the PSI score is based on more complete data.
83
ConnectionsDegree centrality - number of unique entities this entity co-occurs with in news signals and articles. Higher = more connected in the intelligence network.
Scott Bessent is graph community structure is reorganizing around this entity — relationship patterns are changing (primary driver: Spectral Shift).
Connected Entities
United States White House Washington Fed Iran Donald Trump China Beijing Tehran Middle East Strait of Hormuz Marco Rubio of State President Congress
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PSI Intelligence
30-Day Trend
2026-05-19 2026-06-18 83 0 Degree Mentions
Signal Decomposition
Attention Cascade
3.333
Narrative Drift
0.000
Spectral Shift
410.320
Sentiment-Momentum Divergence
0.000
Source Concentration
0.140
Signal
Scott Bessent is graph community structure is reorganizing around this entity — relationship patterns are changing (primary driver: Spectral Shift).
Driver
Ranked #624 of 1194 in Government — in line with sector peers. PSI down 0.26 from yesterday (0.36 -> 0.10).
Action
Baseline conditions. Continue standard monitoring cadence.
Peer Comparison
624 of 1194
Sector Rank
-0.07
Peer Z-Score
48%
Sector Percentile
Predicted Links
Predicted ConnectionProbability
DOD 0.999
Israel 0.999
Pakistan 0.999
Network Analysis
83 Degree Centrality
Ego Network (top connections)
United States (weight 51.0)White House (weight 34.0)Washington (weight 33.0)Fed (weight 27.0)Iran (weight 22.0)Donald Trump (weight 19.0)China (weight 17.0)Beijing (weight 17.0) United StatesWhite HouseWashingtonFedIranDonald TrumpChinaBeijing Scott Bessent (degree 83) Scott Bessent
Centrality History
2026-05-19 2026-06-18 83 0 Degree Mentions
EntityWeight StatusFirst Seen
United States 51 NEW
White House 34 NEW
Washington 33 NEW
Fed 27 NEW
Iran 22 NEW
Donald Trump 19 NEW
China 17 NEW
Beijing 17 NEW
Tehran 15 NEW
Middle East 14 NEW
Strait of Hormuz 13 NEW
Marco Rubio 13 NEW
of State 13 NEW
President 12 NEW
Congress 12 NEW
Gulf 12 NEW
Xi Jinping 10 NEW
Jerome Powell 10 NEW
Americans 9 NEW
Russia 8 NEW
UAE 8 NEW
WASHINGTON 8 NEW
Japan 7 NEW
South Korea 7 NEW
Democrats 7 NEW
Anthropic 7 NEW
Rep. 6 NEW
Senate 6 NEW
Alphabet 6 NEW
Secretary 6 NEW
Article Coverage (0)
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No Plocamium-authored coverage yet. This entity surfaces in upstream signals (news, filings, trials) but has not yet been a primary subject of a published article. Watch this entity to be alerted when one is published.

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Data as of 2026-06-18 ← Intelligence Network