Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Economy

Clear
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 30, 2008 an advertisement
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 Elko, Nev.
McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 Denver
"The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 31, 2008 Los Angeles, Calif.
"I want to freeze interest rates for five years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 26, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2007 Knoxville, Iowa
"Thanks to President Bush's policies....The income gap is now higher than at any time since the Great Depression."
Half-True
December 15, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.
"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."
Half-True
By Janet Zink • October 9, 2007
Previous