“Inflation “was at 9 percent when I came in and it’s now down around 3 percent.”
Joe Biden
U.S. president. In an interview with Yahoo Finance. Claim dated 14 May 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
Inflation was 1.4 percent when he became president
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (U.S. president) made this claim around 14 May 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 May 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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.
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: False“Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
- PolitiFact: Mostly False“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”