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Scott Bessent: “We saw a big jump, way, way above expectations in consumer…”

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

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Treasury Secretary Bessent responds to Trump's State of the Union address

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

And I think we will see we're going to have very large refunds and Americans will change their withholding. And I think that they are going to see it. We saw a big jump, way, way above expectations in consumer confidence today. And Chris, the important thing was it's in the forward expectations. So if the Democrats want to run on the economy in November, bring it on because I think we're going to have a great economy this year. (01:27–01:34)

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Asserts that there was a significant increase in consumer confidence, exceeding expectations.

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