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U.S. Treasury chief says K-shaped gap ending, data mixed

Published 7 August 2026

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared this week that the country's "K-shaped" economic divergence, where higher-income households pull ahead while lower-income workers fall behind, is now over, asserting that lower-paid workers are seeing faster wage growth.

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