“Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
What PolitiFact found
Inflation hit 9% during President Joe Biden’s tenure, the highest in about four decades. But it reached that level about a year and a half into his presidency.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 14 May 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 May 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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
- finance.yahoo.comhttps://finance.yahoo.com/video/president-biden-speaks-yahoo-finance-172509891.html
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Related checks
- Washington Post: Four Pinocchios“Inflation “was at 9 percent when I came in and it’s now down around 3 percent.”