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Latest Fact-Checks In Economy

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 8, 2017 a blog post
"Obama goes to G20 summit ...  Everywhere President Donald Trump goes, Obama shows up, too."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • July 11, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech at the state Democratic convention
 "Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."
True
By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech
Although California has "the sixth largest economy in the world, we also have one of the highest poverty rates" in the nation.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 22, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 16, 2017 a speech at a conference
A national paid leave program "would potentially put into the economy $21 billion dollars annually."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • June 15, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech
"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.
False
By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017
Anthony Brindisi
Anthony Brindisi
stated on May 26, 2017 a press release
"State economic development dollars were used to support a project where goods were manufactured in China."
False
By Dan Clark • June 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2017 a tweet
Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on April 28, 2017 an interview with Bloomberg
Farmers "are now dumping milk into the ditches" because of a trade dispute with Canada
False
By Dan Clark • May 18, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work"
"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on April 27, 2017 a tweet
"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2017 a tweet
"The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 23, 2017 an interview on ABC's This Week
Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a White House web page
Says he created "over 500,000 new jobs -- with a surge in female employment last month."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address
"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica • April 13, 2017
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on March 30, 2017 a press release
"In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall
"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press
California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire "are experiencing tremendous job growth."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2017
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on March 27, 2017 a tweet
"Immigrants are responsible for 96 percent of our small biz growth since 2000."
False
By Cassie Owens • March 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 remarks at a Kentucky rally
"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2017
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