~ Updated with September Jobs Report Numbers ~

 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) is often asked to evaluate claims about the economy. Some claims are not entirely wrong, but are deeply misleading.

For this reason, the Democratic staff of the JEC has prepared in-depth, carefully researched and referenced answers to some of the most frequently repeated statements.

The report, Answering Misleading Claims about the Economy, has been updated to reflect data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that 156,000 nonfarm jobs were added in September.

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