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Scott Bessent: “Gasoline prices are down, I think about 5% now.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:27

You know that oil prices, crude, West Texas is down about 20, 25% from, from the closing peak a couple of weeks ago. It's down about 12% this month. Gasoline prices are down, I think about 5% now. And they will go back down. And again that we understand that they, that there is a disturbance here, that it's uncomfortable for people. But we're going to get to the other side of that. (06:27–06:31)

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Asserts that gasoline prices have decreased by about 5%.

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