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Scott Bessent: “Food at home is up 2.5%.”

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

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Scott Bessent: This has been a BLOW OUT

Published | Video Starts at 04:26

So, you know, when the energy comes back down, then I think we will be back to real wage growth. And the food, actually, since President Trump came back in, what's, what's called Food at home is up 2.5%. So, you know, much of that is transportation costs. There's some very idiosyncratic things like beef and tomatoes, but other things in the basket are down. (04:26–04:29)

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