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“Nobody's ever seen a number like this… (33.1%) economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected.”
Donald Trump President of the United States. In a campaign rally in Tampa, Fla.. Claim dated 29 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True

What PolitiFact found

It's the biggest jump since 1947 (preceded by the biggest drop since then, too). But leading economic forecasters saw this coming.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 29 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 October 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half True”.

Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.

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