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Bessent says US 'going to finish the year' with 3% GDP growth despite government shutdown

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects the U.S. to end the year with a better-than-expected 3% gross domestic product (GDP) growth.Bessent appeared Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation" and was asked by host Margaret Brennan about whether President Donald Trump was wrong to predict this spring that Americans may buy "two dolls instead of the 30 dolls" and that "maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they normally would.""The economy has been better than we thought," Bessent replied. "We've had the 4- 4% GDP growth in a couple of quarters. We're going to finish the...

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