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Fox figures repeatedly claimed the economy would grow at a 5% pace thanks to Trump. It actually grew just 2% in the first quarter of 2026.
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (156+ words) Fox has spent most of Trump's second term promising viewers that economic revival is just around the corner Written by Zachary Pleat Fox figures set'similar expectations for the fourth quarter of 2025, predicting anywhere from 3% to 5% growth; instead, the advance estimate…...
Fox Business anchor: If you ignore the record increase in gasoline prices, March CPI release "was actually a pretty good inflation report
2+ week, 6+ day ago (230+ words) CNN reporter Matt Egan called it "the worst inflation report in years" Published 04/10/26 2: 33 PM EDT From the April 10, 2026, edition of Fox News' America Reports Having said that, we had this inflation number coming in, the media was painting it all…...
CNN reporter: The March 2026 CPI report is "the worst inflation report in years"
2+ week, 6+ day ago (164+ words) Matt Egan: "Gas prices up by 21% between February and March. That's the most in any month since they started tracking this back in 1967." Published 04/10/26 10: 11 AM EDT From the April 10, 2026, edition of CNN's CNN News Central BERMAN: All right. I mean…...
On "Liberation Day," right-wing media predicted Trump's tariffs would boost the economy. So far, the effects have been disastrous.
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (249+ words) Written by Jane Lee Published 03/30/26 9: 19 AM EDT When Trump rolled out his tariff policy on "Liberation Day" last year, his lackeys in right-wing media cheered him on, declaring that tariffs would boost the economy. A few figures acknowledged there would…...
After declaring that "we kind of just won the war," Newsmax's Greg Kelly says that Americans can "handle" higher gas prices
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (124+ words) Kelly: "You know, I can handle the gas prices. People can handle the gas prices. We're hardly ever called on to sacrifice anything anymore." Published 03/17/26 9: 18 AM EDT From the March 16, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports Now the gas prices,…...
Fox regularly touts the US stock market to distract from bad economic news " but its performance is lagging
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (192+ words) Written by Zachary Pleat Fox News personalities routinely point to stock market performance while pumping up the Trump administration's supposed economic prowess, often deploying the talking point that American financial indexes are at or near all-time highs to distract from…...
Fox Business contributor: "We've got essentially a situation of stagflation light"
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (157+ words) Published 03/13/26 10: 29 AM EDT From the March 13, 2026, edition of Fox Business' Varney & Co. STUART VARNEY (HOST): I think that, today, the price of oil is a more important number than the inflation rate. What say you? BASENESE: I think we're in…...
Local news coverage shows that Trump's mass deportation agenda is causing economic havoc
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (323+ words) Right-wing media have supported Trump's immigration enforcement actions that economists warned would likely weaken the economy Written by Zachary Pleat Prior to President Donald Trump's election to his second term of office, many economists'sounded alarm bells that'two major pillars of…...
The US economy has lost jobs since Trump's "Liberation Day." Fox is still celebrating his destructive import taxes.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) The February jobs report showed that total employment has declined by 19, 000 jobs compared to April 2025 Written by Zachary Pleat Published 03/06/26 1: 24 PM EST Fox's increasingly desperate efforts to spin the disastrous economic impacts of President Donald Trump's policies were on full…...
Watch how Fox covered today's weak GDP report
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (326+ words) Reactions ranged from skepticism over the lower-than-expected numbers to acknowledgement that they were bad Written by Zachary Pleat Published 02/20/26 2: 14 PM EST After multiple Fox News and Fox Business personalities predicted delusionally high economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2025, they…...