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Economy & business fact checks
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Donald TrumpEconomy & business
U.S. farmers are receiving $16 billion “out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Hobby Lobby’s CEO wrote a letter saying the company’s stores may close.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Washington PostEconomy & business
"America has now gained 12,000 new factories under my administration, with thousands upon thousands of plants and factories being planned or built.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
PolitiFactEconomy & business
China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Washington PostEconomy & business
“Independent analysis shows that if we pass this plan, the economy will create 19 million jobs — good jobs, blue-collar jobs, jobs that pay well.”
Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
The Biden administration is making Americans pay high gas prices to push the “new liberal world order.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Says Joe Biden executive orders caused price increases of 50 cents in gas and 10% in food.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history."
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Anheuser-Busch closing half its U.S. breweries” after Dylan Mulvaney backlash.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Photo shows a Home Depot worksheet on “privilege” used to train its employees.
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Africa CheckEconomy & business
Warning against buying soft drinks from Indian and Somali shops and Pakistan related stores like Cambridge, Boxer and Nizams. "[A]ll those indigenous shops” get their soft drinks from fake factories. Instead, people should “make sure” they “buy cold drink” at Spar, Shoprite and other stores.
Publisher’s rating: Incorrect
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Big-box stores are refunding and crediting customers for fraud and discrimination.
Publisher’s rating: False
