Partly true2025-10
What is circulating
“On NBC's "Meet the Press" on 26 October 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said: "Overall, the inflation since President Trump" took office "has come down."”
Claimed by Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary · news report
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Half True. Headline consumer price inflation was 3 percent in September 2025, up from 2.9 percent in December 2024, while core inflation eased from 3.2 percent to 3 percent. Some prices such as eggs and gasoline fell, while electricity and groceries rose, and analysts said seven months was too short to judge.