Stock futures fall as Bessent dismisses market worries: 'Corrections are healthy'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Treasury secretary claims Trump administration is actually averting a financial crisis U.S. stock futures declined Sunday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he's not worried about a market downturn, despite a miserable stretch for Wall Street.
11% : Read more: Stock-market bulls abandoned by Trump won't be saved by Jerome Powell and the Fed Worries about stubborn inflation, massive federal job cuts and the risks of a global trade war have weighed on investors' minds, and consumer sentiment last week fell to a 29-month low.

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