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Scott Bessent: “We have seen inflation at 2.1% for [2025].”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 18:21

Numerous grocery prices have gone down. I'm sorry, I don't know if you can't hear me. Did grocery prices drop in 2025? Numerous grocery prices have gone down. And in fact, We have seen inflation at 2.1% for [2025]. Have you seen the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that is Donald Trump's own Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers that report that grocery prices were 2.4% higher at the end of 2025 than they were at the end of 2024. (18:21–18:27)

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