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Latest Fact-Checks In Economy

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Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 in an interview:
Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas • October 15, 2018
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on August 27, 2018 a tweet:
"Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"
True
By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall • October 5, 2018
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 a debate.:
"The national economy was strong in its largest expansion of private sector jobs before President Trump came into office."  
True
By Warren Fiske • September 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2018 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2018 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 4, 2018 a tweet:
"In 2017, the number of new business registrations in West Virginia grew nearly 11 percent (8,318 new businesses registered for the year). This comes off the heels of a 12 percent increase in new business registrations during 2016."
Mostly True
By Alanna Longnecker, Adrianne Uphold • September 20, 2018
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on September 12, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Most Americans don’t own stocks."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on August 21, 2018 a Donald Trump rally in Charleston, W.Va.:
Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’"
Mostly True
By Kristen Mohammadi • September 13, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet:
"Thanks to President Trump and Republicans over the past year through July, U.S. manufacturing added 327,000 jobs, the most of any 12-month period since April 1995, when the figure added a healthy 345,000 positions."
Mostly True
By Adrianne Uphold • September 6, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 10, 2018 a tweet:
"For only the second time since 2000, there are more job openings than Americans who are unemployed."
True
By Anja Martin • August 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2018 a rally in Charleston, W.Va.:
"A few months ago, it hit where West Virginia is, on a per capita basis, one of the most successful (gross domestic product) states in our union."
Mostly False
By Warren Sterling • August 31, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 an ad in the Houston Defender:
Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 8, 2018 a tweet:
"The American economy is continuing its longest monthly streak of job growth in history, with 3.9 million jobs added since President Trump was elected."
True
By Warren Sterling • August 23, 2018
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on August 14, 2018 a White House press briefing:
"President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did (for African-American employment) in eight years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 26, 2018 a tweet:
"Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 22, 2018 an opinion piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer:
"[The] unemployment rate in the Philadelphia metro area is now at its lowest level ever recorded."
Mostly True
By Sarah Anne Hughes • July 23, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on April 18, 2018 a tweet and campaign event:
Wisconsin lost "almost 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017."
False
By Taylor Palmby • July 23, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on July 13, 2018 an interview on PBS' "Firing Line":
"Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2018
Larry Kudlow
Larry Kudlow
stated on June 29, 2018 an interview with Fox Business Network:
"The deficit ... is coming down, and it’s coming down rapidly."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.:
"Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018
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