Scott Bessent: “We saw a drop in small business confidence, which had been…”

“Maybe up to $15 billion a day. Do you expect it to have a material impact on the labor market? Could. I think it's having an impact on confidence. We saw a drop in small business confidence, which had been very strong. So hopefully we can get this, the Democrats will reopen and we can get back off to the races.” (05:06–05:11)

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