Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday suggested that Americans save the proposed $2,000 tariff checks rather than spend the money to avoid inflationary effects.
Bessent made the comments on Fox News when asked by host Bret Baier whether sending the checks to most Americans would increase inflation.
“Maybe we could persuade Americans to save that, because one of the things that’s going to happen next year” is the start of “Trump Accounts” to save for kids, Bessent replied.
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