Dollar’s Superpower Status at Risk From Turmoil at Home and Abroad

Guests included former Treasury secretaries, along with the sitting and former chairs of the Federal Reserve. The welcome dinner, a tradition that took root in the 1950s, is meant to be a celebration of Treasury’s nonpartisan prestige. With political and ideological division seeping deep into every alley and corridor in Washington, there’s no guarantee that will be the rule at the next gathering.