Bessent says oil prices could drop further if ‘something happens down in Venezuela’

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the economy is seeing peace dividends as a result of President Donald Trump‘s peace deals, noting “if something happens down in Venezuela,” oil prices could lower.

Bessent made the comments Thursday evening when talking about his confidence in job growth and economic momentum in an appearance on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle.

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