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Scott Bessent: “That's one of the things that got us the great inflation 22…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 35:26

… say March, April, maybe May, and stabilized the smooth operation of the gilt market and then they moved away. The Fed continued buying for years afterwards. And I believe that That's one of the things that got us the great inflation 22 and 23. I wanted to touch on gold. The US has a lot of gold, but it's valued at a price that is long since outdated. $42 an ounce and we're currently at 5,000 plus. (35:26–35:32)

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Asserts that prolonged Federal Reserve asset purchases contributed to inflation in 2022 and 2023.

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