“For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.”
What PolitiFact found
While inflation remains high by historical standards, from July through November 2022, monthly wage increases did exceed monthly inflation increases.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 13 December 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 December 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/12/13/remarks-by-president…
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Mostly False“Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”