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“We've got the worst inflation — core inflation — in the G7.”
Angus Taylor Shadow Treasurer. Interview on ABC's Insiders. Claim dated 7 May 2023.
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated thisChecks out

What RMIT ABC Fact Check found

Mr Taylor's claim checks out. Core inflation is a measure of consumer prices that removes food and energy price increases from the equation. Data published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) puts Australia's core inflation at 6.6 per cent for the year to March 2023. Meanwhile, figures for G7 nations and the 19 Eurozone countries ranged between 5.8 per cent for Germany and 2.4 per cent (Japan). Latest figures for the 27 countries of the European Union (EU), for...

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In short

Angus Taylor (Shadow Treasurer) made this claim around 7 May 2023. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 6 June 2023, 30 days later. Its rating was “Checks out”.

Angus Taylor has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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