Treasury Secretary Bessent says ‘not at all’ worried about stock market pullback

In an interview with NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday, Bessent said: Trump administration putting in policies to address affordability crisis and for inflation to moderate. Says corrections are healthy and normal. Says bringing down budget deficits in a responsible way. Says April 2nd will be a big day with rollout of new tariffs. Says some of the trading partners and worst offenders have dropped their own barriers. Says will be important to see what happens from April 2nd to June 30th. Says we are focused on affordability of mortgages and cars. Says with lower energy prices, Americans will realize greater affordability. Says if we kept up at prior spending levels, there would have been a financial crisis.