Scott Bessent: “Interest rate sensitive sectors have been in a recession.”

“Which parts of the economy do you believe have dipped into a recession? Well, clearly housing has been struggling and so Interest rate sensitive sectors have been in a recession. And the other thing that was not helpful, Kristen, was this the longest government shutdown in history. It was 1.5% hit to GDP.” (00:27–00:32)

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