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.

At the request of Ranking Member Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), the Democratic staff of the JEC has prepared in-depth, carefully researched and referenced answers to the most frequently cited of these statements.

The JEC is making its report, Answering Misleading Claims about the Economy, available to the public and the media so those interested can have a reliable resource for evaluating statements made about the economy.

A two-page overview can be found here.