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Scott Bessent

PERSON Government / Treasury Management Momentum 9.5ML 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, overseeing $7.4T in federal finances and $6.5B budget authority. Appointed 2025, managing geopolitical economic pressures including Russia sanctions policy and energy market volatility.

-0.27
PSI ScorePlocamium Signal Index - composite z-score from 5 orthogonal signals: news frequency, targeted sentiment, graph centrality, regulatory filings, and clinical trial activity.
9.5
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.
55
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 getting less coverage than expected — the market may be ignoring a developing story (primary driver: Attention Cascade).
Connected Entities
United States Washington Fed White House Iran Donald Trump Beijing President China Middle East Tehran Marco Rubio of State Treasury Americans
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PSI Intelligence
30-Day Trend
2026-04-25 2026-05-25 55 0 Degree Mentions
Signal Decomposition
Attention Cascade
3.333
Narrative Drift
0.000
Spectral Shift
624.046
Sentiment-Momentum Divergence
0.000
Source Concentration
0.155
Signal
Scott Bessent is getting less coverage than expected — the market may be ignoring a developing story (primary driver: Attention Cascade).
Driver
Ranked #9 of 30 in Financials — in line with sector peers. PSI stable vs yesterday (-1.00). Confidence: 63% (entity has limited history, score is shrunk toward sector prior).
Action
Baseline conditions. Continue standard monitoring cadence.
Peer Comparison
9 of 30
Sector Rank
+0.00
Peer Z-Score
72%
Sector Percentile
Network Analysis
55 Degree Centrality
Ego Network (top connections)
United States (weight 51.0)Washington (weight 27.0)Fed (weight 26.0)White House (weight 23.0)Iran (weight 21.0)Donald Trump (weight 16.0)Beijing (weight 15.0)President (weight 11.0) United StatesWashingtonFedWhite HouseIranDonald TrumpBeijingPresident Scott Bessent (degree 55) Scott Bessent
Centrality History
2026-04-25 2026-05-25 55 0 Degree Mentions
EntityWeight StatusFirst Seen
United States 51 NEW
Washington 27 NEW
Fed 26 NEW
White House 23 NEW
Iran 21 NEW
Donald Trump 16 NEW
Beijing 15 NEW
President 11 NEW
China 10 NEW
Middle East 9 NEW
Tehran 9 NEW
Marco Rubio 9 NEW
of State 9 NEW
Treasury 8 NEW
Americans 8 NEW
South Korea 7 NEW
Congress 7 NEW
U.S. Treasury 7 NEW
UAE 7 NEW
Xi Jinping 7 NEW
Anthropic 7 NEW
Strait of Hormuz 7 NEW
Democrats 6 NEW
Rep. 6 NEW
US Treasury 6 NEW
Japan 5 NEW
Governor 5 NEW
Gulf 4 NEW
Coinbase 4 NEW
IMF 3 NEW
Article Coverage (0)
DateLaneTitle
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 2026-05-25 ← Intelligence Network