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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

PolitiFactEconomy & business

When Joe Biden “walked into this administration … 20 million people were on unemployment insurance benefits.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

The USMCA trade deal would add "180,000 new jobs per year if we get that through."

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says the Democratic Party "took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it" and "eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Under the 2017 tax law, “people who make under $75,000 will have their taxes raised in 2021 and every 2 years after that until 2027.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Vera FilesEconomy & business

The cost of electricity in Ilocos Norte, under the leadership of Bongbong Marcos and Imee Marcos, is cheaper than in Metro Manila

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostEconomy & business

“Many plants are being built right now — auto plants — in Michigan, just like I said. They’re being built in Ohio, they’re being built in South Carolina, North Carolina, they’re being built all over and expanded at a level that we’ve never seen before. Cause I said to Japan, Germany and others, ‘Sorry, you’ve got to come here and build plants, otherwise we’re going to have to make it very tough on you with tariffs.’ ”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactEconomy & business

President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgEconomy & business

“But how did we get into this debt? It’s not the result of some mysterious, cosmic force that nobody could have prevented. It’s the result of giant tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy."

Publisher’s rating: Exaggerates

Donald TrumpEconomy & business

“Food Stamp participation hits 10 year low.”

Publisher’s rating: True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

Says Joe Biden’s order stopping the Keystone pipeline “made oil more expensive for us to use.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEconomy & business

“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEconomy & business

On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses.

Publisher’s rating: Half Flip