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Scott Bessent: “We had seen real wage growth for working Americans every…”

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

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Bessent on Trump accounts, gas prices and wage growth

Published | Video Starts at 01:49

We're back to around 350. I think we can get back to $3 hopefully when maybe by Labor Day. But we had had before April, We had seen real wage growth for working Americans every month during President Trump's presidency. And I would expect maybe even as soon as next month, we will go back to that. I want to pick up on that wage growth point because annual wage growth three and a half percent, inflation's running above 4%. (01:49–01:59)

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Asserts that there was real wage growth every month during President Trump's presidency.

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