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Bessent grilled on the claim that 'K-shaped economy is over' — Donald Trump | ChamberLight
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Rep. Ritchie Torres challenged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claim that the “K-shaped economy” is over, arguing that inflation-adjusted wage gains lagged far behind growth in the stock market. Bessent began comparing the economy with President Joe Biden’s term, and Torres questioned that response.
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President whose second-term economy Torres contrasted with stock-market gains
Former president invoked in Bessent’s comparison and Torres’s criticism of the administration’s response
Treasury secretary whose claim about the K-shaped economy Torres challenged
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Former president invoked in Bessent’s comparison and Torres’s criticism of the administration’s response
Treasury secretary whose claim about the K-shaped economy Torres challenged
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