Claim(permalink)
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
✓politifact rating: uncertain; published on 2016-07-15
Factors
veracity
uncertain
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Emotion
sadness
Sentiment
negative sentiment
Date published
2016-07-15
Entities
Tara MaclayKCMPFact-checkingNewt GingrichChampagneEconomistRecessionNBCDemocracyFake newsPainAustralian Labor PartySpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesBarack ObamaPresident of the United StatesJonathan SteinbergGary BurtlessBureau of Labor StatisticsCherry pickingUnderemploymentGeorge Washington UniversityBrookings InstitutionThe Experts (1989 film)