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Howard Lutnick: “Driving down energy prices is key. Driving down interest…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick talks inflation, recession fears and more

Published | Video Starts at 24:32

When President Trump was running, he said multiple times he was going to bring down inflation on day one. Was that hyperbole? It's not. Driving down energy prices is key. Driving down interest rates is key. Where are interest rates now? Lower. Where egg prices lower. He's going to drive down energy. He needs to drive down interest rates. Those are the key drivers, right? (24:32–24:38)

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Asserts that reducing energy prices and interest rates are crucial for economic improvement.

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