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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

The trade deficit with Japan is "changing rapidly."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says Joe Biden repeatedly told Americans he's going to raise their taxes.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

“We had Intel come along and say, 'Look, we’re going to invest there.' ... And guess what the average pay is? About 100- to 110,000 bucks a year. And you don’t need a college degree to have the job."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

Washington PostEconomy & business

"In my first two years in office I’ve lowered the deficit by a record $1.7 trillion."

Publisher’s rating: Bottomless Pinocchio

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Weis Food stores will no longer sell anything with the American flag and their employees can no longer wear anything with the flag.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

"Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs”

Publisher’s rating: True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

The FedNow program “is going to replace your paper currency.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

"[W]e also signed a terrific new trade agreement with China that will boost American agriculture by $50 billion every year."

Publisher’s rating: Exaggerates

PolitiFactEconomy & business

The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says the Clinton Foundation "gave ONLY $5 million to charities, spent $85 million for their salaries & travels and KEPT the rest = $87 million" in 2014.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more "that does not have a sales tax or local income tax."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

Washington PostEconomy & business

“The budget reduces the deficit by about $3 trillion by making our tax code fairer.”

Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

A new law allows people to permanently erase unpaid debt older than two years from their credit records.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“34 percent of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True