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Scott Bessent: “Our economy has now averaged over 100,000 good paying…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Secretary Bessent Speaks to President Trump's Strong Economy - 07/22/26

Published | Video Starts at 03:19

Rebalance global trade in favor of our working families, reclaimed our position as the world's energy superpower and saved this country by securing its borders. Any single one of these wins would be historic. But taken together, they are transformative. Transformative. Our economy has now averaged over 100,000 good paying private sector jobs for the last four months. four months. And real GDP has increased at a rate of 2.7% over the past four quarters. Private sector employment is up more than 930 since the since the President came into office. (03:19–03:26)

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Asserts that the economy has averaged over 100,000 good-paying private sector jobs for the last four months.

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