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Secretary of the Treasury & Michael Knowles: Scott Bessent White House Interview

2025/3/30
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特朗普提名的财政部长候选人,曾任乔治·索罗斯对冲基金高级管理人,推崇减少预算赤字、放松监管和增加能源生产的经济政策。
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Scott Bessent: 拜登政府的经济政策导致了严重的负担能力危机,高抵押贷款利率是其中一个关键问题。为了解决这个问题,我们需要降低长期利率和抵押贷款利率。特朗普总统的经济政策,包括减税、放松管制和降低能源价格,将有助于降低利率,从而解决负担能力危机。 我们正在努力降低利率,包括通过讨论银行放松管制。如果我们未能通过特朗普的减税计划,这将导致美国历史上最大的税收增长,造成严重的经济灾难。因此,这项计划对我们来说是成败攸关的。 共和党内部就减税计划达成了一致,并有望在初夏前通过。减税计划将包含促进增长的措施,例如恢复全面支出,并为低收入者提供减税措施,例如免征小费税、社保税和加班费税,以及使美国制造汽车的贷款再次可抵扣。 同时,我们将削减“绿色新政”等不必要的支出以控制财政赤字。虽然我们会削减赤字,但这将是一个循序渐进的过程,目标是在十年内实现预算平衡。 关于关税问题,特朗普总统决定关税的优先级。关税的目标包括增加收入、保护美国产业以及作为谈判筹码。除了关税外,我们还将解决非关税壁垒,例如港口准入、标准和政府补贴等问题。4月2日将会有更多关于关税的明确信息,我们计划在初夏前完成税收法案。

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This chapter focuses on the Trump administration's economic priorities, including reducing long-term interest rates and mortgage rates to address the affordability crisis, and the negotiation of tax cuts while managing the budget deficit. The discussion also touches upon the role of tariffs in reshoring American manufacturing and promoting economic growth.
  • Reduction of long-term interest rates and mortgage rates as a key priority
  • Tax cuts as a means to stimulate the economy
  • Concerns about the budget deficit and the need for spending cuts
  • The role of tariffs in reshoring American manufacturing and economic growth

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Michael Knowles heads to the White House for the very first White House Podcast Row, where he sits down for an exclusive interview with Scott Bessent, the newly appointed Secretary of the Treasury. In this historic conversation, they discuss the state of the U.S. economy, Trump's bold new economic policies, inflation, global markets, and what the administration plans to do to bring financial power back to the American people. What does the future hold for your money, your job, and the American economy? Find out in this unfiltered, behind-the-scenes interview straight from D.C.