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Scott Bessent: “The past three months in terms of jobs have just been a…”

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

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Scott Bessent: This has been a BLOW OUT

Published | Video Starts at 04:45

There's some very idiosyncratic things like beef and tomatoes, but other things in the basket are down. And the important thing is that we are creating jobs. The past three months in terms of jobs have just been a blowout, you know, 170, 180,000 jobs a month. well over the estimates. And someone said to me after the jobs number came out because there's a big pickup in the catering, hospitality, restaurant services, they said, well, that's the World Cup. (04:45–04:54)

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Asserts that job growth has been strong, with 170,000 to 180,000 jobs added per month over the past three months.

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