“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”
What PolitiFact found
The 18 million figure accurately represents traditional unemployment insurance recipients plus those who benefited from temporary programs during the coronavirus pandemic. But the two aren't precisely comparable.
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In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 26 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 January 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half 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
- politifact.comhttps://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/27/joe-biden/joe-biden-touts-big-joblessne…
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