Scott Bessent: “I would expect a continual pickup in construction.”

“… a foreign corporation decides to build a new factory, there's planning, there's permitting, and now we're starting to see the groundbreaking. So first we're going to get the construction jobs. I would expect a continual pickup in construction. And then over the coming months, we will see a pickup in factory jobs. You know, Mr. Secretary, when I go down my economic sheet here, which I look at Every single day, I see a lot of things that are just working.” (02:40–02:44)

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