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Scott Bessent: “We've seen on average 2.6% GDP growth for the past four…”

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

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Rep. Van Duyne questions Secretary Bessent at Ways and Means - June 4, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

So since January of last year, what would you say at the largest economic indicators have been showing the greatest improvement? I would say that every month except this past April, we've seen, seen real wage increases. We've seen on average 2.6% GDP growth for the past four quarters. and the underlying resilience of the economy. We paid, we pulled down the fiscal deficit to GDP. We got it down to about 5.5. So we had a fiscal contraction and still grew. (01:27–01:33)

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Asserts that the U.S. GDP grew by an average of 2.6% over the past four quarters.

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