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Scott Bessent: “The underlying economy is very strong.”

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

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Prosperity is COMING: Treasury Sec Scott Bessent

Published | Video Starts at 00:39

I mean, basically you're saying prosperity is coming even if you don't feel it right this second. Well, there are two messages. Prosperity is coming. The underlying economy is very strong. We're going to get on the other side of this around conflict, and the inflation will come back to target, will go back to real wage growth. (00:39–00:42)

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Asserts that the current state of the economy is robust.

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