{"id":142007,"date":"2025-10-24T04:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/142007\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T04:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:44:07","slug":"scott-bessent-says-things-are-looking-up-for-the-us-economy-2026-2027-are-going-to-be-great-years-thanks-to-trumps-tax-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/142007\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Bessent Says Things Are Looking Up For The US Economy: 2026, 2027 Are Going To Be &#8216;Great Years&#8217; Thanks To Trump&#8217;s Tax Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">Treasury Secretary <strong>Scott Bessent<\/strong> expressed confidence in the trajectory of the U.S. economy, citing key deflationary trends, tax policy changes, and incoming tax refunds for working Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The US Economy \u2018Looks Great\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Commenting on the nation\u2019s domestic economic picture, Bessent said that \u201cthings look great,\u201d while appearing on Fox Business\u2019 <strong>Larry Kudlow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cI think 2026, 2027 are going to be great years,\u201d he said, pointing to President <strong>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong> recently enacted tax reforms, with \u201cno tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, deductibility of auto loans for American cars,\u201d which Bessent said is helping boost real income.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><strong>See Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/asia\/25\/10\/48345038\/trump-says-he-spoke-with-narendra-modi-on-diwali-calls-indian-pm-a-great-friend-amid-tariff-tensions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump Says He Spoke With Narendra Modi On Diwali: Calls Indian PM \u2018A Great Friend\u2019 Amid Tariff Tensions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cYou might recall, I am also the IRS commissioner, so I can see what\u2019s going on at the IRS,\u201d he said, adding that during the first quarter of next year, working Americans are going to see \u201csubstantial tax refunds,\u201d as a result of the reforms enacted in recent months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">According to Bessent, many workers had kept their withholding levels unchanged, which refers to the deductions made by employers from their employees\u2019 gross wages.  This, he said, when combined with tax refunds, will translate into a noticeable jump in disposable income. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Bessent said that the administration has the affordability crisis, which he referred to as the \u201cBiden inflation,\u201d under control, noting that \u201cenergy prices are down,\u201d while adding that the Consumer Price Index numbers too should \u201cstart coming down,\u201d either the next month, or the month after that.   <\/p>\n<p>CPI Report Delayed Amid The Shutdown<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">September\u2019s Consumer Price Index report has been delayed for over 9 days and is set to be released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/analyst-stock-ratings\/analyst-color\/25\/10\/48391242\/inflation-report-preview-september-cpi-tariffs-economist-expectations-market-implications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on Friday morning<\/a>, with economists saying that it could have an outsized impact on the Federal Reserve\u2019s interest rate decisions next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">This is largely because CPI data is arriving in isolation, without key companion reports like jobs numbers, wholesale inflation, or retail sales, forcing both the Fed and the markets to lean heavily on inflation alone to guide their decision-making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Last month, it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/macro-economic-events\/25\/09\/47833533\/trump-tariffs-fueling-inflation-warn-economists-as-72-of-cpi-components-surge-past-feds-target-inflation-risks-are-rising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">72% of the components<\/a> in the Consumer Price Index were seeing a price surge that was ahead of the Fed\u2019s 2% inflation target. This marked a significant jump from 55% a year ago and was primarily attributed to Trump\u2019s tariffs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">While crude oil prices were on a decline in recent weeks, the Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/commodities\/25\/10\/48371213\/trump-freezes-out-moscow-full-sanctions-slapped-on-russian-oil-giants-rosneft-and-lukoil-crude-oil-futures-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">decision to impose sanctions<\/a> on two of Russia\u2019s largest oil companies this week has since led the commodity to rally once again. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Crude oil futures currently trade at $61.45 per barrel, up 6.80% over the past week, following the administration\u2019s sanctions on Russian crude. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Photo Courtesy: Maxim Elramsisy On Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><strong>Read More: <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confidence in the trajectory of the U.S. economy, citing key deflationary trends, tax&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[79,31475,5324,179,18,19,17,5323,84093,44745,84094,84095],"class_list":{"0":"post-142007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-category-government","10":"tag-cms-wordpress","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-pageisbzpro-bz","16":"tag-tag-consumer-price-index","17":"tag-tag-donald-trump","18":"tag-tag-larry-kudlow","19":"tag-tag-scott-bessent"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115427322406753246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}