US Department of Finance Secretary Scott Beshent is discussing President Donald Trump for commercial deals, tariff deadlines and boom in Capex expenses in the morning with Maria.
President Donald Trump The tax reduction package and signature costs leads to what the administration calls “return to Capex” as businesses use provisions in the new law to invest in areas that will lead to productivity growth in the future.
Trump, Finance Minister Scott Bensten and Republican Legislators have included a provision in the Law on a great beautiful bill (OBBBA), which allows the business to cost completely Capital Costs (CAPEX) Forward and with a back date of Trump’s term in January.
“The only big beautiful bill that had the provision that the expense would return to the day of the inauguration, encouraged the companies to start actually a Capex boom, which we hoped to happen,” said Joe Lavrgen, Bessent advisor in an interview.

President Trump and his administration are “Returning to Capex”, prompted by Obbba. (Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday announced the impact of the Capex Law by Business, noting that it increased by 16.6% in the first half of the year, while the production of business equipment increased by 11% in the second quarter of the heels by a 23% increase in the first quarter.
Lavorgna said that before the bill is signed in the law, it has “nearly 17% annual profit in the production of business equipment”, adding that the jump in investment in business equipment in the first half of the year is “the strongest non-foreign profit after Q3-Q4 of 1997”.
He added that efficiency efforts are like an “investment in the future” and security around tax policy “It encourages us to invest in America, and tariffs are also part of it because they encourage more capital.”
“It’s not like governmental distribution. It’s not an incentive that just gives people to use it. It’s like creating jobs that create income that then creates the expenses, which in turn will create more jobs. It’s really focused on supplies,” Lavrgen said.
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The Trump administration is considering its tax policies aimed at stimulating investment as tandem workers with the President’s tariffs. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Thehe Trump administration He examines the policies of the bill as work in accordance with its trade and tariff policies, which it hopes to attract more businesses to move production capacity to the United States from abroad while stimulating wage growth and increased productivity.
“The only big beautiful bill encourages the capital investment that will continue to drive the boom with blue collars we already see,” Lavorgna said. “At the same time, the tariff and commercial policy are intended to attract foreign capital, which then enters, which will then raise further productivity and salaries.”
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President Donald Trump signed the Law on the Big Beautiful Bill during an event in the White House on July 4, 2025. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Bestent scored on Tuesday in the advent of Fox Business Network “Morning with Maria“Trump’s policies have sparked Capex’s return that he saw first -hand in two separate trips to Pittsburgh in recent months, which have affected relatively different industries.
The first was when the president announced the deal that would see Nippon Steel invest in American steel and its facilities, as well as another event last week for artificial intelligence (AI) A summit that will be powered by the energy developed in the country.
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“You see it on both sides,” Besten said. “Imagine this, Steel and AI. And you know, it’s a very diversified boom in buildings – we see companies from all over the world.”
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