In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24.
A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims
Issues: Economic Growth
Trump Oversells Recent U.S. Economic Growth
In the second and third quarters of 2025, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in two years. Those growth rates were not “numbers unheard of,” or figures the U.S. “never had” before, as President Donald Trump has claimed.
Biden’s Final Numbers
Statistical indicators of President Biden’s four years in office.
Graphic Cites FactCheck.org in Misleading Biden, Trump Economy Comparison
A graphic circulating on social media compares Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s economic records as president and cites FactCheck.org as the source. But two of its figures are way off, and others are out of date — creating a more unfavorable comparison for Trump.
Trump’s Agenda: Tariffs
While campaigning for a second term in office, President-elect Donald Trump declared “tariff” to be his “favorite word” and “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” We’ll explain how tariffs work, what Trump has proposed and what experts say about it, and what happened during Trump’s first term.
FactChecking Harris’ and Trump’s Fox News Appearances
Both presidential candidates appeared on Fox News on Oct. 16 — former President Donald Trump in a town hall with women voters in Georgia and Vice President Kamala Harris in an interview with Bret Baier. We fact-checked their remarks.
Biden’s Numbers, 2024 Pre-Election Update
Our latest quarterly report on various statistical indicators comes less than three weeks before Election Day.
Biden’s Numbers, July 2024 Update
As Biden enters the final months of his presidency, we look at various statistical measures of what’s happened during his term.
Biden’s Numbers, January 2024 Update
Our latest quarterly look at various statistical measures during Biden’s presidency.
Biden Wrongly Touts ‘Record’ Economic Growth, Unemployment
When a politician boasts of a “record,” our ears perk up. Is it really a record? In President Joe Biden’s case, when it comes to economic growth and unemployment, it’s simply not.