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Lawrence Summers stated on June 17, 2022 in an interview with Barron's:

“When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”

By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2022

Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2021 in social media posts:

“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• May 26, 2021

Athens Banner-Herald stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report:

Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.

By April Hunt• June 24, 2015

Republican National Committee stated on July 07, 2011 in a television commercial:

Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."

By Mark Naymik• July 13, 2011

Mark Warner stated on June 19, 2016 in a radio interview.:

"The average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the ’60s was eight years. Now, the average time is four months."

By Warren Fiske• July 6, 2016

Kasim Reed stated on November 30, 2010 in a speech:

The city of Atlanta has $56 million in its reserves.

By Eric Stirgus• January 4, 2011

Bob McDonnell stated on January 12, 2011 in a speech.:

Road construction bids "are coming in at the lowest in the modern era."

By Warren Fiske• February 19, 2011

Rick Perry stated on June 14, 2011 in a cameo interview.:

"Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 26, 2011

Kathleen Falk stated on December 06, 2011 in an opinion column:

Since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took office, "we are losing jobs at rates not seen in decades."

By Tom Kertscher• December 14, 2011

Simone Gold stated on February 06, 2021 in a viral video:

“If you take the vaccine, you'll be enrolled in a pharmacovigilance tracking system. It means that you've enrolled yourself in a medical trial.”

By Noah Y. Kim• February 26, 2021

Mark Warner stated on June 27, 2011 in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.:

"If you look at our tax mix, the share of corporate revenues as a percentage of our overall revenue mix has declined by about half over the last 30 years."

By Jacob Geiger• July 2, 2011

Christi Craddick stated on December 12, 2020 in a tweet:

Says that the oil and gas industry comprises 35% of the Texas economy.

By Brandon Mulder• December 22, 2020

Johnny Isakson stated on October 12, 2012 in an article:

"One industry in America has increased its employment base in the last four years by 176,000 people: the United States government."

By Eric Stirgus• October 26, 2012

Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2011 in a press conference:

"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since the 1950s."

By Louis Jacobson• June 29, 2011

Steve Rothman stated on February 13, 2012 in a campaign video posted on YouTube:

"They're paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years."

By Bill Wichert• March 11, 2012

Adam Hasner stated on May 23, 2011 in a tweet:

"Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."

By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2011

Herman Cain stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed :

"This is the worst jobs recovery since the Great Depression."

By Willoughby Mariano• September 26, 2011

Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall:

"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."

By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2024

Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2023 in a post on Truth Social:

Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• March 24, 2023

Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

“We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”

By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump's fake news awards

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• January 18, 2018

US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say

By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023

2024 presidential debate fact-check: How accurate were Joe Biden, Donald Trump?

By PolitiFact Staff • June 28, 2024

As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 7, 2024

A closer look at Joe Biden’s attack on Donald Trump’s jobs record

By Miriam Valverde• August 21, 2020

Not so fast: Cops fired, private security hired, crime plummets in Sharpstown?

By W. Gardner Selby• March 8, 2015

What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs

By Louis Jacobson• April 7, 2025

Immigration in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report

By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018

Two years of the coronavirus pandemic, in charts

By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2022

9 charts show how consumers, businesses have soured on the economy in Trump’s first 100 days

By Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2025

On ‘Meet the Press,’ Chris Christie talks national politics, state finances

By Erin O'Neill• January 23, 2012

Ask PolitiFact: Fact-checking Harris, Trump’s AARP interviews

By Louis Jacobson• October 6, 2024

Fact-checking the claims about (un)employment

By Martha M. Hamilton• July 8, 2011

How close is today's economy to the Great Depression?

By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2011

Texas economy falls from No. 3 to 21 in rankings, probably due to oil slump

By W. Gardner Selby• March 28, 2017

Fact-checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa

By Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• April 13, 2022

Fact-checking the Jan. 3 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• January 3, 2016

PolitiFact’s Top 5 fact-checks for February 2016

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 1, 2016

Immigration after one year under Trump: Where do mass deportation efforts stand?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 20, 2026

To ban or not to ban: Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s mixed messages on TikTok

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman• June 13, 2024

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