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Economy & business fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about economy & business. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

7,104 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Thanks to the insane tax-and-spending spree of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Washington, we are seeing six straight months of raging inflation.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said, “A few right winged nuts won’t affect our bottom line.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals according to (Congressional Budget Office), are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Pesa CheckEconomy & business

USAID jobs ad

Publisher’s rating: False.

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Como trabajar desde casaEconomy & business

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PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says the Associated Press was wrong to report that "Income Inequality grew to largest in 50 years" because in a "new Census report all four measures of income inequality SHRUNK, reversing rise over past five decades."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

Photo shows sea of abandoned electric cars in France because "it was too expensive to replace the batteries."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Washington PostEconomy & business

“Investments in the CHIPS and Science Law will create more than 1 million construction jobs alone over the next 6 years building semiconductor factories in America.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

“Forecasters on Wall Street project that over the next 10 years our economy will expand by trillions of dollars, and it [the infrastructure bill] will create an additional 2 million jobs a year beyond what was already projected."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Amazon accepts Dogecoin.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

Under Joe Biden, the "tax rate on a family making 75000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“About 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the state of Michigan will go away with EV mandates.”

Publisher’s rating: False