The Financial Times is utilizing CBO models for its economic projections, while Scott Bessent argues these projections underestimate growth capacity given the debt burden from US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
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The Financial Times is utilizing CBO models for its economic projections, while Scott Bessent argues these projections underestimate growth capacity given the debt burden from US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
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CBO models are being used by FT for economic projections, which Bessent claims underestimate growth capacity given the Iran conflict.1 source
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Congressional Budget Office
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Financial Times
London-based daily newspaper
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Scott Bessent
United States Secretary of the Treasury
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