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Checked by FactCheck.org9 Dec 2020United StatesEconomy and jobs
Raphael Warnock, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia

“A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler "supports raising taxes on Georgia's middle class.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, but Loeffler supports making permanent provisions that are set to expire after 2025.

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check19 Nov 2020AustraliaEconomy and jobs
Margaret Gardner, Chair of the group of eight universities

“People who do humanities degrees and social science degrees get jobs at about exactly the same rate as science graduates,”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Professor Gardner's claim is a fair call. Employment rates, covering either full-time or part-time work, for humanities and social science graduates are roughly the same as those for science graduates. Census data for 2…

Checked by Washington Post2 Nov 2020United StatesEconomy and jobs
Donald Trump, President

“You see the number today? 33.1 GDP. The biggest in the history of our country by almost triple, right? Almost triple. Now it’s very much bigger than any GDP we’ve ever had.”

Washington Post rated this: Lacks context

Washington Post says: Trump’s figure of 33.1% is an annualized figure and is pretty misleading in this context. The GDP was 7.4% higher than in the second quarter, short of the 10% needed. But for the economy to recover all that w

Checked by RMIT ABC Fact Check28 Oct 2020AustraliaEconomy and jobs
Deb Frecklington, Queensland Opposition Leader

“Queensland has had the worst unemployment record in Australia for the last four years thanks to Labor.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Wrong

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Frecklington is wrong. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that Queensland did not have the highest unemployment rate in the nation across the four years leading up to the outbreak of COVID-19, whethe…

Checked by FactCheck.org27 Oct 2020United StatesEconomy and jobs
Eric Trump, -

“If Biden gets in... we can all say goodbye to these unbelievably good gas prices. Don't forget the nearly $5 per gallon we were paying under O'Biden.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Eric Trump claimed that gas was $5 "under O'Biden," but "unbelievably good" under his father. The average price of gas while Obama was president: $2.97. Trump: $2.49, which includes lower prices due to the pandemic.