US economy can grow at least 3.5% in 2026, Bessent tells Fox News

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US economy can grow at least 3.5% in 2026, Bessent tells Fox News

Reuters

Sat, February 21, 2026 at 7:04 AM GMT+9 1 min read

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott ‌Bessent told “The Will Cain ‌Show” on Fox News on Friday ​that he believed the U.S. economy could grow by at least 3.5% ‌in 2026.

Bessent ⁠blamed the sharply lower growth of 1.4% ⁠in gross domestic product reported in the ​fourth quarter on ​a ​partial government ‌shutdown and high write-offs of losses by U.S. automakers, saying GDP growth could have been 100 to ‌200 basis points ​higher.

“It was ​this ​longest shutdown in ‌history that caused the ​fourth ​quarter to crash,” Bessent said.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal, ​Bhargav ‌Acharya and Ismail Shakil;Editing ​by David Ljunggren and ​Diane Craft)

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