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Scott Bessent: “CPI for 2025 is 2.7%. And we have seen it fall for the past…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Cumulative cumulative CPI was 21.5%. There was a loss of real purchasing power for working families. Thus far we have seen an increase in real wages. CPI for 2025 is 2.7%. And we have seen it fall for the past three months to 2.1. And there is an index called truflation, which is observed inflation, not measured inflation, which comes with a lag that just fell below 1%. Wow. I only have a minute left. (14:42–14:53)

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Asserts that the CPI for 2025 is 2.7% and has decreased to 2.1% over the past three months.

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