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Scott Bessent

PERSON Government / Treasury and Fiscal Policy Momentum 4.9ML 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: Attention Cascade

Scott Bessent serves as US Treasury Secretary, leading the $6.8T federal budget and overseeing trade policy. Recent focus on rewriting trade rules and managing energy sanctions amid geopolitical escalation.

-0.01
PSI ScorePlocamium Signal Index - composite z-score from 5 orthogonal signals: news frequency, targeted sentiment, graph centrality, regulatory filings, and clinical trial activity.
4.9
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.
91
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 coverage is tracking its baseline momentum — no unusual attention patterns (primary driver: Attention Cascade).
Connected Entities
United States White House Fed Washington Iran China Donald Trump Beijing Marco Rubio Tehran Middle East Congress Strait of Hormuz of State WASHINGTON
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PSI Intelligence
30-Day Trend
2026-06-17 2026-07-17 91 0 Degree Mentions
Signal Decomposition
Attention Cascade
-0.136
Narrative Drift
0.000
Spectral Shift
0.000
Sentiment-Momentum Divergence
0.000
Source Concentration
0.122
Signal
Scott Bessent is coverage is tracking its baseline momentum — no unusual attention patterns (primary driver: Attention Cascade).
Driver
Ranked #536 of 1207 in Government — in line with sector peers. PSI up 0.11 from yesterday (-0.12 -> -0.01).
Action
Baseline conditions. Continue standard monitoring cadence.
Peer Comparison
536 of 1207
Sector Rank
+0.07
Peer Z-Score
56%
Sector Percentile
Network Analysis
91 Degree Centrality
Ego Network (top connections)
United States (weight 51.0)White House (weight 40.0)Fed (weight 37.0)Washington (weight 33.0)Iran (weight 22.0)China (weight 19.0)Donald Trump (weight 19.0)Beijing (weight 17.0) United StatesWhite HouseFedWashingtonIranChinaDonald TrumpBeijing Scott Bessent (degree 91) Scott Bessent
Centrality History
2026-06-17 2026-07-17 91 0 Degree Mentions
EntityWeight StatusFirst Seen
United States 51 NEW
White House 40 NEW
Fed 37 NEW
Washington 33 NEW
Iran 22 NEW
China 19 NEW
Donald Trump 19 NEW
Beijing 17 NEW
Marco Rubio 17 NEW
Tehran 16 NEW
Middle East 14 NEW
Congress 14 NEW
Strait of Hormuz 13 NEW
of State 13 NEW
WASHINGTON 13 NEW
President 12 NEW
Gulf 12 NEW
Jerome Powell 11 NEW
Xi Jinping 10 NEW
Trump administration 10 NEW
Reuters 9 NEW
Americans 9 NEW
Yahoo 9 NEW
Japan 8 NEW
Russia 8 NEW
UAE 8 NEW
Senate 8 NEW
Kevin Warsh 8 NEW
South Korea 7 NEW
Democrats 7 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 2026-07-17 ← Intelligence Network