Scott Bessent: “I would expect maybe even as soon as next month, we will go…”

“I think we can get back to $3 hopefully when maybe by Labor Day. But we had had before April, we had seen real wage growth for working Americans every month during President Trump's presidency. And I would expect maybe even as soon as next month, we will go back to [real wage growth]. that. I want to pick up on that wage growth point because annual wage growth three and a half percent, inflation's running above 4%.” (01:59–02:03)

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