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Economy & business fact checks

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

7,106 published reviews in this topic

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

Claimed that he had not suggested increasing federal income taxes on "over half of Americans" in his 11-point plan.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PesaCheckEconomy & business

KBL entry vacancies 2019

Publisher’s rating: False.

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

maharat-newsEconomy & business

هل تسعير طنّ الترابة والرقابة ينهيان التلاعب بالأسعار؟

Publisher’s rating: صحيح جزئياً

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

Vice President Kamala Harris' "plan will raise families’ taxes by nearly $2,600 a year."

Publisher’s rating: False

Elizabeth WarrenEconomy & business

"The insurance companies last year alone sucked $23 billion in profits out of the health care system. $23 billion. And that doesn't count the money that was paid to executives, the money that was spent lobbying Washington."

Publisher’s rating: Accurate

PolitiFactEconomy & business

President Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says a meat shortage is “not expected”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Silicon Valley Bank “donated $73M to 'BLM Movement'”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Video shows Elon Musk announcing he’s giving away free gold bars.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says Donald Trump “let federal contractors double offshoring jobs in his first 18 months in office.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

"We will have a national ban on price gouging, which is companies taking advantage of the desperation and need of the American consumer and jacking up prices without any consequence or accountability."

Publisher’s rating: Little Effect on Current Prices

Washington PostEconomy & business

"The Postal Service is a joke because they’re handing out packages for Amazon and other Internet companies. And every time they bring a package, they lose money on it.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.

Publisher’s rating: Half True