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Scott Bessent: “Real wages grew about 17%.”

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

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Trump deal with Iran, gas prices, economics & more addressed during Scott Bessent, Larry Kudlow chat

Published | Video Starts at 13:12

But I can tell you the one thing we're not going to do is what the Biden administration did where they came out and said it's a vibe session. The American people don't know how they're feeling. That was 21.5% stated CPI inflation. Real wages grew about 17%. So big, awesome purchasing power. But our friend Jason Trenner has something, I think it's called the Everyman index of the common man. Common man index, and that was up 35 or 38%. (13:12–13:15)

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