PeakMetrics / Fact Checks
Economy & business fact checks
Explore claims publishers have checked about economy & business. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.
Search fact checks
Search by text or image7,106 published reviews in this topic
The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner."
Publisher’s rating: False
Speedway is offering $500 fuel cards for $1.95 to help customers with rising fuel costs.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
"I think before we got into COVID, I thought the debt was very manageable. We were having extraordinary growth. We were creating growth that would pay down the debt over time."
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
“We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Facebook account claiming Governor Sonko is offering grants to jobless Kenyans
Publisher’s rating: False.
Boris Izaguirre recomienda invertir en Bitcoin Up en El Hormiguero
Publisher’s rating: Falso
"Failed Silicon Valley Bank Gave Black Lives Matter over $73 Million."
Publisher’s rating: False
The Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act "will pay down the national debt & fight inflation."
Publisher’s rating: Despite bill's name, impact on inflation is uncertain
“Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless.”
Publisher’s rating: False
“Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
Madrid se queda con el 50% del IVA de las otras comunidades autónomas
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Photos show gas costs nearly $10 in the Carolinas.
Publisher’s rating: False
“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"Inflation is not caused because you cut taxes."
Publisher’s rating: It depends on the economy
"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
“It’s estimated that corruption saps between 2 to 5 percent of global GDP [gross domestic product].”
Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios