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As a freelance Designer, you'll enjoy the freedom to choose your own Presentation Designer jobs with leading Fortune 500 companies and startups, as well as the flexibility to work remotely on your terms.

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We’ll help set up billing and payments, and start connecting you to real-time projects with global clients. Our team thoroughly vets each client and job type, and they’re your go-to for questions, advice, and help as you receive job alerts and choose remote jobs in a wide range of domains, from software and mobile app development to social media and ecommerce.

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Remote lead ui designer job for a startup (part-time).

We’re a remote startup working on a customized e-commerce solution for the millennial market. We are looking for an accomplished UI designer to deliver engaging customer experiences on mobile and web. Additionally, this designer will help out with design marketing and sales collateral materials.

Additional skills for this UI Design job:

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Los Angeles

Remote Digital Product Designer Job for Healthtech (Part-Time)

Apparel & Fashion

We are looking for a mobile-first Digital Product Designer who can help us redesign our corporate website and our accompanying microsites. You should have experience redesigning websites and various microsites and have experience working with design systems and applying branding guidelines.

Additional skills for this Web Design job:

6-12 months

Remote User Interface Designer Job for Real Estate Website (Full-time)

Real Estate

We’re looking for someone to help revamp our existing commercial real estate matching website. We have a logo, but need someone to help us with other branding efforts, including color, style, and icons. We hope to use these new style elements to improve our website and make it look professional.

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Powerpoint Jobs

PowerPoint is an incredibly versatile and powerful tool that can help businesses and individuals communicate their ideas and messages through dynamic, engaging, and professional presentations. By hiring PowerPoint Designers on Freelancer.com, you can tap into a wealth of talent and expertise to take your presentations to the next level. These expert designers can create visually stunning slides, organize complex data effectively, and even enhance your presentations with multimedia elements like visuals, animations, and sound.

Here's some projects that our expert PowerPoint Designers made real:

• Professional email templates for business communication
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• Efficient edit and refinement of existing presentations
• Cohesive content arrangement for improved flow and clarity
• Creative design of pitch decks for startups and investment proposals
• Visually appealing designs for education or training purposes

If you need help in creating the perfect PowerPoint presentation or want to improve your existing deck, look no further than our talented pool of PowerPoint Designers on Freelancer.com. With their wealth of know-how, they can help transform your ideas into visually captivating and persuasive slides that will set you apart from the competition.

Why not take a moment to post your project on Freelancer.com now? In just a few clicks, you'll gain access to a vast global network of skilled PowerPoint Designers ready to make your presentation dreams come true!

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I am looking for an experienced freelancer to help me market my clothing and electronic products online. Additionally, I need a PowerPoint presentation designed at a very reasonable cost. Key Requirements: - Experience: Your application should demonstrate your expertise in e-commerce marketing and PowerPoint design. - Skills: A good understanding of the e-commerce landscape and the ability to produce high-quality PowerPoint presentations. - Deliverables: The main goal is to boost sales through successful online marketing campaigns. Please provide relevant previous work, and any insights and strategies you intend to use to increase sales.

I'm in need of a professional who can compile a comprehensive status report for my project. The main aim of this project is to have a detailed, final status update in a PDF format. The report should include pivotal project elements such as: - Project Overview: A brief but detailed summary of the project objectives, scope, and outcomes. - Achievements and Milestones: A detailed outline of the key accomplishments and progress made throughout the project. - Challenges and Solutions: An account of the obstacles faced during the project and the strategies that were put in place to overcome them. I'm looking for a professional who can craft a detailed and professional report that encapsulates the above elements, in a clear and concise manner. The work must be reflective of a high lev...

I'm in need for a skilled designer to work on a few tasks for my project: - **Minimalistic Logo Design**: I'm looking for a clean and minimalistic logo, a design that is simple yet unique. It’s important for the logo to be striking and easily recognizable. - **Icon/Favicon Design**: I will also need a matching icon or favicon for my brand. This should be in line with the logo design, and work well at various sizes. - **PowerPoint Presentation**: This presentation will be used for educational content in the field of Science. Your job will be to create a professional and engaging design that enhances the learning experience. Ideal skills and experience: - Proficiency in graphic design, logo design, icon design, and PowerPoint software - Experience in creating minimali...

As an experienced professional with expertise in technology, healthcare, and retail sectors, I'm seeking opportunities in data entry, graphic design, and content writing. The ideal freelancer for this project should possess: - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data entry and analysis tasks - Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop for creating engaging graphics - Knowledge and experience in SEO optimization to enhance the visibility of written content These skills are crucial for this project's success. Bring your diverse set of skills and join me in fostering excellence across these industries.

We are seeking an experienced freelance translator to translate a business PowerPoint presentation from English to Japanese. The ideal candidate will possess strong proficiency in both languages, with a specific focus on business terminology and presentation style. This project requires meticulous attention to linguistic nuances to ensure that the translated content maintains the original's professionalism and clarity. A key aspect of this role involves maintaining the original formatting and layout of the PowerPoint slides. The translator must ensure that the translated text fits seamlessly within the existing design framework, preserving the visual integrity of the presentation. This includes aligning text properly, adjusting font sizes if necessary, and ensuring that graphics and ...

I'm in need of a talented professional who can help me design a business-related PowerPoint presentation. Key requirements: - Stylistic Approach: Your design should incorporate a colorful infographic style. I'm looking for a presentation that is engaging yet professional, capturing the perfect balance between being visually captivating and accurate in conveying the business contents. - Animation: I'd like subtle animations to be included in the presentation. These shouldn't be too extravagant; just slight movements to keep the viewer's attention. Ideal skills: - Strong experience in PowerPoint - Proficiency in designing infographic-style presentations - Knowledge and experience with subtle animation techniques would be an advantage. With your expertise in th...

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I'm in need of a proficient presentation designer who can help me customize a pitch deck slide. Here's what I expect: - You will buy or find a relevant template - You will be adding relevant images and creating a layout that is engaging and impactful. - The purpose is to persuade potential investors, so the design should be professional and visually appealing. Ideal skills & experience for this job: - Proficiency in presentation design software like Photoshop, PowerPoint or Keynote - Previous experience in creating pitch decks or similar presentation material - Understanding of design principles and the ability to create visually appealing slides - Excellent communication skills to understand my needs and execute them effectively. This is a one-time project with poten...

We are seeking a skilled freelance translator to convert an extensive presentation of over 20 slides from English to Chinese. This project requires a translator with a strong command of both languages and the ability to accurately convey the original message and tone. Adapt any cultural references to be appropriate for a Chinese-speaking audience by ensuring that all idioms, metaphors, and examples resonate with Chinese cultural norms and values. This might involve changing certain references entirely to make the content more relatable and engaging for the target audience. It is crucial to understand the cultural nuances to maintain the presentation's effectiveness and relevance. Review and proofread the translated content for errors and clarity to guarantee a high-quality final pro...

I'm seeking a Word expert to format a document into a well-structured, easy-to-read format for professional presentation. Key Requirements: - The document already contains content that just needs proper formatting. - The final document needs to be exported to PDF. - Specific formatting requirements include the creation of a Table of Contents and the use of Bullet Points. It is important to ensure that the document is highly readable and visually appealing. Ideal Skills: - Advanced expertise in Microsoft Word. - Experience with creating professional documents. - Ability to format using a Table of Contents and Bullet Points effectively. - Expertise in exporting documents to PDF. Please note: The job does not require specific design or branding elements to be incorporated. If you...

I'm looking for an expert to create a thoughtful and enlightening presentation on effective parenting. The goals of the presentation are to educate and persuade. This presentation should be guided by two articles which I will provide, and should focus on the following aspects of parenting: - Effective communication - Positive discipline - Healthy routines The freelancer with experience in creating presentations and a background in psychology or parenting skills will be ideal for this task. Your efforts will help many individuals enhance their parenting techniques and create flourishing home environments. Remember, the presentation must be engaging and intriguing to hold audience attention. I am relying on your creativity, slide designing skills, and ability to distill complex...

I'm in need of a versatile 3D animator to create a captivating marketing video that will be longer than 3 minutes. Key Responsibilities: - Craft a visually stunning 3D animation that aligns with our brand and marketing message. - Ability to demonstrate advanced skills in 3D animation specifically for marketing purposes. - Develop a script that clearly communicates the core message of our project. - Provide expertise in pacing, transitions, and visual effects to maintain viewer engagement over the course of a longer video. Ideal Skills and Experience: - Proven experience in producing 3D animations for marketing and advertising purposes. - Proficiency in 3D animation software like Maya, Blender, or Cinema4D. - Excellent understanding of audience engagement and the marketing industry....

I'm in immediate need of a professional and engaging presentation that will showcase the trustworthiness and credibility of our HR and Payroll Software to Small to Medium Business Owners. Key requirements include: - Utilizing the draft version of the PowerPoint and our website for content. - Ensuring the primary goal of the presentation is met - showcasing our brand's credibility and trustworthiness. - Tailoring the content to appeal specifically to small to medium business owners. The ideal freelancer for this project should have: - Experience in creating marketing presentations, especially in the HR and/or software industry. - A strong understanding of what resonates with small to medium business owners. - The ability to work under tight deadlines and deliver high-quality wor...

I'm looking for a talented designer to develop a modern and sleek user interface for a new plugin we're creating for Microsoft PowerPoint. The ideal candidate should have experience creating user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing interfaces. Key Requirements: - Create a modern and sleek user interface for a Microsoft PowerPoint plugin - Ensure the design is user-friendly and visually appealing - Deliver the project on time and within budget - Design the icons for the various features

I'm in search of a skilled professional who can help me with various tasks across Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Key Requirements: - Microsoft Word: I need assistance with formatting documents, creating templates, and inserting tables and graphics. The ideal candidate should have a good eye for design and be able to help me produce professional-quality documents. - Microsoft Excel: I require support in creating formulas and functions, performing data analysis and visualization, and generating charts and graphs. The perfect freelancer for this job needs to have a solid understanding of Excel functions and be able to help me make sense of my data and present it effectively. If you have expertise in all three applications and can help me with the mentioned tasks, please get ...

10 slides in response to the following question in the context of a case study of a company called Sasken Communication Technologies. During which project management lifecycle stage(s) do you believe a project management methodology is most impactful, and what project characteristics should organisations consider, including project selection methods, when deciding upon an appropriate methodology model? Script attached

Anticipating robust growth in a large (Over 50 employees) Child Care facility, we're seeking an expert to develop a comprehensive Labor Management Plan. Your role will span across: - Designing strategies for Employee Recruitment and Hiring. - Developing optimized systems for Workload Distribution and Scheduling. - Establishing protocols for Performance Evaluation and Feedback. Experience in HR in the childcare or similar industry, understanding of labor laws, and proven track record in creating impactful labor management strategies would make you an ideal fit for this project. Documentation skills and attention to detail will be key as the project demands creating a plan from the ground up. Looking forward to innovative, efficient, and practical solutions to improve our management p...

I am in need of a unique and engaging slide presentation that will serve as a part of a final interview for a marketing role. The presentation should focus on marketing strategies and is targeted at a panel of judges for marketing role. Also, this strategy that I present may become an official strategy if I get hired for the role. Key Requirements: - Understanding and experience in creating marketing strategies. - Overall expertise in creating professional and compelling PowerPoint presentations. - Ability to illustrate complex concepts easily and understandably for members to comprehend. Though this is a one-off project, there may be potential for continued work depending on the outcome of this presentation. Looking forward to your bids.

I'm seeking a diligent and scholarly freelancer to generate thorough PowerPoint notes for Class 11 and 12 in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Key Requirements: - Deep understanding of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics curriculum for Class 11 and 12. - Ability to simplify complex concepts and make them easy to understand via PowerPoint presentations. - Excellent organizational skills to ensure that notes cover all parts of the curriculum comprehensively. - Experience in educational content creation, particularly for high school level subjects. - Proficiency in PowerPoint is mandatory. Deliverables: - Comprehensive subject notes in PowerPoint format for Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, suitable for Class 11 and 12 students. This task requires both educational and presen...

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I need an experienced designer who can create a data-centric pitch deck for my female health startup. Our target audience includes both male and female investors, so it is integral that the design resonates with all. Key Requirements: - Experience in creating data-centric design. - Ability to transform complex data into understandable visuals. - Graphic design skills with a keen eye for aesthetics and details. In this project, your role will be primarily creating charts, graphs, and other data-driven visual content. While we don't have a specific type of data that would be the main focus of the presentation, the data will revolve around industry trends, market opportunities, and our startup's unique value proposition. We're looking for a professional who can add a visual...

I'm in need of a graphic designer for long-term collaboration. The ideal candidate will be available in the Eastern European timezone. Key Responsibilities: - Designing Google Slides: You'll be tasked with creating engaging, professional Google Slides presentations on a monthly basis. - Crafting Marketing Materials: Designing marketing materials that adhere to the existing brand guidelines. - Additional graphic design jobs as needed. Expectations: - Use of Existing Brand Guidelines: You will be working with the brand guideline provided by the company, hence it's crucial that you have experience using existing templates creatively. - Long-term Commitment: We are looking for a designer that wants a long-term relationship. We can define tasks on monthly and/or weekly basis ...

I'm looking for a Power BI expert to help me create a detailed and user-friendly dashboard for my sales and marketing team. Key Requirements: - This is primarily a dashboard creation and monitoring project. Your focus should be on crafting a dashboard that is easy to use, visually appealing, and offers real-time insights. - I will be integrating data from SQL databases, so experience with SQL and Power BI is a must. The ability to handle these data sources effectively and efficiently is crucial. - The dashboard should be designed in a way that is intuitive for sales and marketing personnel. It should assist them in making informed decisions and tracking key metrics. Ideal Skills: - Proficient in Power BI, with a proven track record of creating impactful and efficient dashboards. - ...

I'm seeking the professional aid of an adept freelancer to create a compelling pitch deck targeted at securing investors in the healthcare sector. This pitch deck will be used to unveil our innovative product/service and its promising potential in the industry. Key Requirements: • The ability to break down complex healthcare concepts into easily understandable slides. • Proven experience in crafting high-quality pitch decks, specifically for the healthcare and medical sector. • Excellent understanding of the investment process and what investors typically look for in startups. • Outstanding design and formatting skills to resonate with the target audience-Investors. End Goal: • A persuasive, crystal clear and engaging pitch deck highlighting our uniqueness a...

I require an experienced freelancer to create an engaging PowerPoint presentation that encapsulates a comprehensive overview of our company's product offerings. This presentation aims to communicate our offerings effectively in a business context. Key Deliverables: - An engaging and informative presentation conveying the diversity of our product range. - Visual aids, diagrams, graphs or charts that accurately reflect the information about our products. Ideal Skills and Experience: - Proven experience in making business presentations. - Strong knowledge of PowerPoint and other presentation software. - The ability to explain complex products in an accessible and engaging way. - Excellent visual design skills to create appealing slides. - Strong business acumen to understand and effect...

I am seeking a freelancer to assist in the design of a professional PowerPoint presentation for a funeral. The presentation will heavily employ a black and white color scheme to evoke a solemn, yet tasteful atmosphere. Key Components: - Incorporation of both photos and text into the slide design, with a focus on maintaining visual balance - Creative and artistic design approach to create a unique, compelling and unforgettable tribute to a beloved person Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate should have strong PowerPoint design skills, a keen eye for aesthetics, and the ability to effectively translate our vision into a meaningful visual narrative. Sensitivity to the emotional nature of the project is essential. Previous experience with funeral or similar event presentations will b...

I am in need of a PowerPoint presentation that will be used to inform about a product/service. The style I am looking for is creative and engaging, rather than professional and formal, or minimalist and clean. I am seeking support in developing the content of the presentation. Key Tasks: - Develop the content for the presentation in line with the product/service being introduced. - Design the presentation in a creative and engaging manner, ensuring that it captures the audience's attention. Ideal Skills: - Experience in creating engaging and informative PowerPoint presentations. - Strong understanding of content development. - Creative design skills that can be applied to presentation materials. - A background in marketing or product introduction presentations is a plus. If you ...

We are looking for someone to turn this content into a beautiful professional UK A4 size MS word and MS PowerPoint document. It must be beautifully and professionally laid out, catchy and engaging and easy to read and navigate for our readers This is the link to the content:

I'm in need of a dynamic Excel sales dashboard that tracks key metrics and visually represents them through various chart types. The design should be a blend of blue and green colors, with a minimalistic layout that also incorporates bold and vibrant elements. Key Requirements: - The dashboard should include tracking for Revenue, Units sold, and Customer acquisition cost. - Utilize both Bar and Line charts for visualizing data trends. - Incorporate Pie charts for showcasing composition ratios. The ideal candidate should have: - Proficiency in Excel, with a strong understanding of creating dynamic and visually appealing dashboards. - Experience in using different types of charts to effectively represent diverse data sets. - A keen eye for design and an ability to blend color schemes ...

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My target is to secure funding from venture capitalists through a captivating pitch deck. • This project requires a captivating pitch deck designed to attract venture capitalists. • It's critical that the deck be succinct yet highly persuasive, designed to be presented in a 5-minute format. • Experience in pitch deck creation, grasp of venture capitalist needs, and exceptional storytelling are the key skills needed to accomplish this task successfully. • Understanding the VC ecosystem, prior successful pitch decks to VCs, and a keen ability to communicate are all highly desirable traits for this project. • The goal is to showcase the funding-worthy aspects of my business idea, tailored specifically to appeal to venture capitalists.

I require an expert to construct a high-quality education-focused presentation. Although the format hasn't been specified, it's pivotal that the end product is designed for a 15-minute delivery. The primary aim is to engage and educate the audience effectively. Key aspects include: - Comprehensive understanding of the educational industry. - Skilled in various presentation formats. - Experience in creating captivating and educational presentations. - Ability to create a presentation that fits a 15-minute time frame.

I need a professional to jazz up six PowerPoint presentations I have, the number of slides in each ranges from 10 to 28. The style and graphics are set, all I require is the addition of animations and transitions between slides to make the content more engaging. Ideal skills: • Expertise in PowerPoint • Proficient in creating animations and transitions • Ability to maintain the style and theme of the original slides This is a project for those with an eye for detail and a knack for turning static images into dynamic visual experiences. If you can breathe life into PowerPoint slides without altering their original theme, you're the freelancer I'm looking for.

I am looking for an individual skilled in cyber security, with notable knowledge on Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks, to develop a comprehensive presentation. Tasks include: - Detailed comparison of Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks in terms of product features - Designing a visually appealing, easy-to-understand presentation The perfect freelancer for this job should: - Have a profound understanding of Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks - Be experienced in PowerPoint or any visual presentation software - Be capable of thoroughly explaining the features of the two solutions in a simple, understandable manner. This project will require an up-to-date knowledge about the two products and a knack for comparison and analysis. Your expertise in creating engaging, clear and insightful presentation v...

I am after a proficient freelancer who can create an engaging PowerPoint presentation. The exact purpose of the presentation has yet to be defined, however, it will demand some level of professionalism and creativity. Key Skills and Experience: - Demonstrated expertise in professional PowerPoint presentations - Familiarity with basic animations and transitions Tasks: - Develop a PowerPoint presentation from scratch or enhance existing material - Apply tasteful basic animations and transitions for improved visual appeal - Willingness to make revisions as required Though the presentation's specific use is presently undefined, it is essential that the completed project maintains a level of versatility. It should be easily tailored for various scenarios in the future. Note: While t...

I'm looking for a talented designer to create a modern PowerPoint template for my business. The template should be visually appealing and professional, yet not overly elaborate. Key Requirements: - Modern Design: The template should have a clean, modern and up-to-date design that would appeal to a professional audience. Think sleek lines, minimalistic elements and tasteful use of color. - Color Scheme: I have a specific color scheme in mind (which I will share with the selected freelancer). Your ability to incorporate these colors and logos effectively will be crucial. - Professional and Uncluttered: The design should be clean and not too cluttered, with a focus on clear, easy-to-read text and visuals that support the content. In your application, please provide a detailed project p...

Hello! I am seeking a freelancer with exceptional presentation skills to create an engaging slideshow focusing on a product demonstration. Please find out the product page. - we need to wrap it up on presentation - we want to sell whole object to the new investor. You will also get some numbers regarding the profitability. Your task will involve: - Creating a dynamic and visually-appealing slideshow presentation - Incorporating actual product images to showcase the product effectively Ideal Skills Needed: - Proven experience in slideshow creation using various platforms - Strong visual design sense and ability to create engaging and informative graphics - Awareness of latest trends in product demonstration via slideshow - Prior experience in product-related projects is a plus Ma...

I'm looking for a skilled and experienced professional who can create a compelling investor pitch deck for my upcoming presentation to venture capitalists. The primary goal of the deck is to attract investments to our business. Key requirements: - Prior experience in crafting successful investor pitch decks that have led to significant investments - Understanding of the venture capital industry and what venture capitalists typically look for in a pitch - Ability to distil complex business ideas into a clear and engaging presentation - Strong design skills to ensure the deck is visually appealing and professional - Excellent communication and collaboration skills to ensure the final product aligns with our vision In your application, please showcase relevant experience in this field...

I need a professional to design a compelling deck that can effectively publicize my newspaper delivery service to newspaper companies. Key components of the presentation will be: - Highlighting the benefits of our service, particularly our advanced tracking system and wide coverage area. - Communicating our various pricing options. - Displaying our target audience demographics to showcase our market penetration. You'll incorporate our company's branding throughout the design: Using our logo and color scheme, implementing newspaper-themed graphics, and maintaining a clean, professional layout. I have a deck already. But an internally created one (about dozen slides only). This is mainly taking that and making it look more professional. Ideal candidates for this project should...

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US Economy Added 15M Jobs Under Biden — But Number Requires Context

There was, as joe biden's opponent donald trump said, a covid-19 pandemic "bounce-back," though biden's net total of jobs pointed to a strong economy., anna rascouët-paz, published june 28, 2024.

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As the U.S. economy kept on recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, it had gained 15.6 million jobs as of May 2024. However …

About 9 million of those jobs were lost during the pandemic, so the net jobs gain from pre-pandemic levels was 6.2 million.

During the June 27, 2024, debate against former U.S. President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden claimed he had overseen a remarkable economic recovery and presided over a 15 million job increase since taking office in January 2021:

"We created 15,000 new jobs," Biden said in his opening statement, misstating the number. 

"The only jobs he created are for illegal immigrants and bounce-back jobs, they're bounced back from the COVID," Trump retorted a few minutes later. 

This is a claim Biden and his administration, including the  U.S. Department of Commerce , the White House  and Vice President Kamala Harris, had made for months. In March 2024, the White House  posted on Facebook :

Nearly 15 million new jobs in just three years. Unemployment under 4% for the longest stretch in over 50 years. Record 16 million new business applications. Wages keep going up and inflation keeps falling. President Biden is growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up.

Harris posted  ( archived ) about job creation on X on March 20, 2024: "Nearly 15 million jobs created since President @JoeBiden and I took office."

It is true that in January 2021, when Biden took office, 142.9 million people were employed, and that number rose to 158.5 million in May 2024, according to seasonally adjusted figured from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, charted by the St Louis Federal Reserve . This represents an increase of 15.6 million jobs. This number, however, requires context.

Pre-Pandemic Employment Levels

In February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., 152.3 million people were employed. Two months later, that number had dropped by 21.9 million, to 130.4 million. By the time Trump left office, more than half of those jobs had been recovered.

It took 17 more months, until June 2022, for the U.S. economy to recover the remaining 9 million jobs lost during the pandemic. From that perspective, the actual net gain during the Biden administration was 6.2 million jobs as of February 2024, not 15.6 million. This is based on our calculations using numbers from the BLS . However 6.2 million jobs is still a higher average than what former President Barack Obama achieved during his two terms (a total of 11.6 million jobs , so about 5.8 million jobs per term), with more than six months left in Biden's term.

Signs of a Strong Economy

The data shows that the U.S. economy has been strong overall under Biden. For instance, the government reported that 272,000 jobs were added to the economy in May 2024, a number that surpassed the 180,000 that had been estimated,  as we previously reported . Meanwhile, while the unemployment rate had remained under 4% for more than two years, something that hadn't happened since 1967 .

Further, the economy grew 3.1% in 2023 , a year that 85% of economists in a survey expected would end in a recession. Given these numbers, many at the time of this writing were taking the view that it may take longer than forecast for growth to slow down . 

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Jobs report today: Economy added 206,000 jobs in June, unemployment at 4.1%

U.S. employers added 206,000 jobs in June as hiring held steady despite persistent inflation and high interest rates.

But the employment picture was mixed at best as job gains for April and May were revised down by a hefty 111,000 and the private sector added a disappointing 136,000 jobs.

Also, the unemployment rate, which is calculated from a separate survey of households, rose from 4% to 4.1%, the highest since November 2021, the Labor Department said Friday. The increase was triggered by an encouraging rise in the labor force − the pool of people working and hunting for jobs − that outstripped the number that landed positions.

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated that 195,000 jobs were added last month, so job creation modestly beat estimates.

But the job market in the spring was decidedly less buoyant than believed. Payroll gains were revised down from 165,000 to 108,000 in April and from 272,000 to 218,000 in May.

Broadly, economists say, the report could bolster the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates as early as September.

Are wages falling or rising?

Average hourly pay rose 10 cents to $35, pushing down the yearly increase to 3.9%, the lowest since June 2021.   

Wage growth generally has slowed as pandemic-related worker shortages have eased, but it’s still above the 3.5% pace that’s in line with the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation goal.

Many Americans, meanwhile, have more purchasing power because typical pay increases have outpaced inflation the past year.

Will the Fed lower interest rates in 2024?

Despite the robust job gains, the report should be welcomed by a Federal Reserve looking for a softening job market, especially wage growth, which feeds into inflation.

“We think the Fed could certainly start the discussion about cutting rates at the upcoming (Fed) meeting, and lower the policy rate in September, if the data continue to show moderation,” Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist of High Frequency Economics, wrote in a note to clients. 

Inflation eased substantially last year but picked up in the first quarter, leading Fed officials to say it will take longer than expected to gain confidence inflation is sustainably approaching their 2% goal. That has put off market-friendly interest rate cuts. Inflation resumed its slowdown in May, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell said officials want to see that trend to continue for several months.

Powell also has said a softening labor market could prod the Fed to act even if inflation doesn’t slow as rapidly as officials hope.

Since March 2022, the Fed has raised its key short-term interest rate from near zero to a 23-year-high of 5.25% to 5.5%, but it has held it steady since last July as price increases have downshifted from 40-year highs.

How is the job market doing right now?

So far this year, the job market largely has shrugged off high interest rates and softening but still elevated inflation, with payroll growth averaging well over 200,000 a month.

But average monthly increases have slowed to 177,000 in the second quarter from 267,000 the first three months of the year and 251,000 in 2023.

Forecasters expect a further gradual slowdown by the end of the year as high borrowing costs and prices take a bigger toll on consumer and business demand. Low- and middle-income households are struggling with near-record credit card debt and historically high delinquencies, contributing to a pullback in retail sales. And their pandemic-related savings have mostly run dry.

In May, job openings ticked up to 8.1 million, the Labor Department said this week. That’s still above the pre-pandemic level of about 7 million but below the record 12.2 million in March 2022 during severe COVID-19-induced labor shortages and the job-hopping frenzy known as the Great Resignation.

Hiring has dipped below pre-pandemic levels.

Although job growth has been remarkably resilient, that’s chiefly because employers have been reluctant to lay off workers after the labor crunches. Jobless claims, though, have edged higher in recent weeks, and economists expect layoffs to pick up by year’s end as average job growth downshifts to just over 100,000.

Meanwhile, unauthorized immigration, which also has boosted job growth by expanding the supply of available workers, has slowed since March, Morgan Stanley wrote in a research note. That too could curtail job growth, especially in industries such as construction, restaurants and hotels, the research firm says.

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Employers added 206,000 jobs in June, as sturdy labor market gradually cools

The summary.

• The Labor Department's June jobs report showed employers added 206,000 roles last month, down from 218,000 in May.
• Unemployment ticked up to 4.1%, inching above 4% for the first time since November 2021 while remaining historically low.
• The labor market has defied long-running forecasts of a sharper pullback in hiring, though conditions are steadily tightening.

The economy added 206,000 jobs last month, according to fresh government data, but unemployment inched above 4% for the first time in over two years.

The June jobs report , released Friday morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed somewhat hotter hiring than the 200,000 nonfarm job gains economists had expected. That marked a slowdown since May, whose level was revised down to 218,000 from 272,000 . April's job gains were also revised sharply lower, showing 111,000 fewer roles added during those prior two months than earlier thought.

"The June rise in nonfarm payroll was slightly higher than expectations, but the big downward revisions to April and May are the story," Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab, posted on X Friday. "Job market is slowing down."

The U.S. labor market has for months defied long-running forecasts of a sharper pullback. Instead, prospects for workers have generally remained robust even as employers ease up on hiring. The latest report shows conditions are gradually tightening.

Workers' pay continues to rise , with average hourly earnings up 3.9% in June from the year before. That's still higher than pre-pandemic — and still outpacing inflation , at 3.3% as of May — but marks the smallest annual increase since May 2021.

And for the first time since November 2021, the unemployment rate ticked above 4%, hitting 4.1% in June. That remains a historically low level, and the uptick coincides with a slight rise in the labor force participation rate. That measure of working-age people who are employed or actively job-hunting hit 62.6% in June, up from 62.5% in May.

Slowing job growth combined with slowing inflation reinforces widespread hopes that the Federal Reserve could begin cutting interest rates in September, which would bring some relief to credit card users and people with loans and mortgages.

"If the job market continues to cool and inflation allows, the central bank will shift some of its attention away from the stable prices part of its mandate to increasingly focus on the other issue which is maximum employment," Bankrate Senior Economic Analyst Mark Hamrick said in a statement Friday.

Last week, the Fed's preferred gauge of price growth, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, climbed 2.6% from a year ago in May. That was the lowest annual rate since March 2021.

In remarks this week , Fed Chair Jerome Powell said risks to its inflation and employment goals "have come back much closer to balance." In other words, the odds the Fed won't act aggressively enough to wrestle inflation back down to its 2% target are now closer to even with the odds that unemployment will increase as a result.

"The longer the Fed maintains its high interest rate strategy, the greater the risk that it throttles the economy back too far," Moody's Chief Economist Mark Zandi told NBC News ahead of Friday's jobs report. "We're starting to see higher claims and layoffs and job market pullbacks. That's an increasing concern."

On Wednesday, the Labor Department reported initial claims for unemployment benefits continued to rise, while ongoing unemployment claims hit their highest level since November 2021.

Firing rates remain low, ING global financial group Chief Economist James Knightley pointed out in a note to clients this week, but "if you do unfortunately lose your job it is becoming much harder to find a new position," he said.

Still, many analysts have been encouraged by the pace and direction of recent labor market trends.

"That 206K is what full employment looks like in an economy that is cooling back towards trend," RSM Chief Economist Joe Brusuelas wrote on X following the June report, adding that a potential September rate cut remains in focus.

"Right now we're seeing a job market that is experiencing what I like to call a modulated cooldown," Nela Richardson, chief economist of payroll processor ADP, told reporters earlier this week. "It's striking the right note at the right time."

ADP's own data on private-sector hiring showed Wednesday that just 150,000 roles were added in June , fewer than expected, driven largely by leisure and hospitality.

"This is a gradual cooldown that we all expected," Richardson reiterated o n CNBC Friday after the report, but added, "I'd like to see the hiring be more broad-based than it is now."

Rob Wile is a breaking business news reporter for NBC News Digital.

J.J. McCorvey is a business and economy reporter for NBC News.

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Saratov Oblast - Overview

Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, part of the Volga Federal District. Saratov is the capital city of the region.

The population of Saratov Oblast is about 2,361,000 (2022), the area - 101,240 sq. km.

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History of Saratov Oblast

In the middle of the 13th century, prisoners captured by the Mongols from various conquered countries built in the area of present Saratov one of the first and largest towns of the Golden Horde - Uvek. Marco Polo mentioned the Venetians visiting this town in 1262.

In 1334, the Arab traveler Ibn Battuta visited Uvek and recorded that it was a town of “medium size, but beautifully built, with abundant blessings and severe cold”. At the end of the 14th century, the town was destroyed by Tamerlane.

In the next 200 years, a sparse population of the Wild Fields (the steppe to the north of the Black Sea and Azov Sea) was represented by the Nogai and Kalmyk nomads, Cossacks and fishing cooperatives of Russian monasteries. In the meantime, after the collapse of the Golden Horde, the Kazan Khanate was formed on the territory of the Kazan ulus, which, in 1552, was conquered by the Russian Tsar Ivan IV.

The fortress of Saratov was founded in the summer of 1590. In the first half of the 17th century, Saratov was a large fortress on the Volga River with about 300-400 streltsy (Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries).

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In the spring of 1674, the fortress was moved to the opposite bank of the river. The locals were engaged in fishing, bread and salt trading. In June 1722, Peter I visited Saratov on his way to Persia.

In January 1780, the Saratov governorate (province) was established. In 1781, the coat of arms of Saratov was adopted: on the blue background of a heraldic shield you can see 3 silver fish (sterlet) swimming towards each other. Fish and water resources of the region were reflected in the coat of arms. Saratov became a rich merchant city.

In 1928-1932, Saratov was the center of Nizhnevolzhsky Krai, since 1934 - Saratov Krai, since 1936 - Saratov Oblast. In the 1930s, Saratov became one of the industrial centers of the country. On September 7, 1941, the territories of 15 cantons of the former Volga Germans Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic were united with Saratov Oblast. The current borders of the region were finalized in 1957.

In the 1950s-1970s, industry and agriculture, infrastructure and culture of the city and the region were developing rapidly. Until 1990, Saratov was a closed city, because there were many defense enterprises there, in particular, the Saratov Aircraft Plant, which produced military and civil aircraft. A lot of industrial enterprises of Saratov carried out orders for the Soviet space program.

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Saratov Oblast - Features

Saratov Oblast, located in the south-eastern part of European Russia, stretches from west to east for 575 km, from north to south - for 330 km. In the east of the region there is the state border of Russia with Kazakhstan. The total length of the border is over 3,500 km.

The climate is moderately continental, summers are long, dry and hot, winters are frosty. The average temperature in January is minus 12 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 23 degrees Celsius. Such natural resources as oil, natural gas, shale oil, phosphorites, various sands and stones are presented.

Saratov Oblast is the only region in Russia that combines three natural and climatic zones: the forest-steppe, the steppe and the semidesert. About 80% of the region is located in the steppe zone. The Volga, dividing the region into two parts, is the main river. The largest cities and towns are Saratov (818,400), Engels (225,000), Balakovo (184,300), Balashov (74,100), Volsk (59,900).

In Saratov, on the bank of the Volga, the member of Saratov aviation club and industrial college graduate Yuri Gagarin made his first flight. It is interesting that after his legendary space flight he landed on the territory of the Saratov region. The second spaceman - Herman Titov - landed in this area too.

A lot of prominent figures of science and culture are associated with the Saratov region. This is the homeland of Russian writers and public figures N.G. Chernyshevsky, K.A. Fedin, L.A. Kassil, artists V.E. Borisov-Musatov, K.S. Petrov-Vodkin, composer A.G. Schnittke, inventor P.N. Yablochkov.

Saratov Oblast - Economy

In terms of the level and scale of industrial development, the Saratov region occupies one of the leading places in the Volga economic region. In the structure of industry, the largest shares belong to the fuel and energy complex, machine building, chemical and petrochemical, and food industries.

Local industry includes more than 2,000 large and medium-sized enterprises producing trolleybuses (Trolza), railway equipment (Engels transport machine building plant, Engels locomotive plant), power tools, precision instruments, refrigerators and freezers, liquid fuel and petrochemical products (Saratov Refinery), mineral fertilizers, copper rolling, building glass, cement.

Such large power plants as the Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant (4,000 MWt) and the Saratov Hydroelectric Power Plant (1,360 MWt) are located in the region producing about 25% of power in the Volga region and 3% of power in Russia.

Railway is the leading transportation in the province, over 90% of freight and about 40% of passenger turnover is made by railway. River transportation is developed fairly good, Saratov is the largest river port on the Volga River.

Tourism in Saratov Oblast

Tourism in the Saratov region is represented by visits to natural and cultural attractions. Eleven cities and towns are included in the list of historical towns of Russia: Atkarsk, Balakovo, Balashov, Volsk, Marx, Novouzensk, Pugachev, Petrovsk, Saratov, Khvalynsk, Engels.

Local nature delights visitors with its beauty. The Volga with its sandy beaches, hundreds of islands, the possibility of fishing and hunting is the main treasure of the region. On the territory of Samara oblast there are 124 nature monuments, zoological reserves, the Khvalynsky National Park, the Saratov and Volgograd reservoirs.

Ethnic tourism is associated with the culture of the Germans, who lived in the Volga region. In the town of Marx (former Ekaterinenstadt) there is a Lutheran Cathedral, built in the early 20th century, there are preserved German houses. There is an ethnographic museum in Engels.

Saratov Oblast has more than 300 monuments of architecture, over 3 thousand monuments of archeology, 18 old estates, 27 state museums. The main places of interest are:

• Museum of Local Lore, Art Museum, Museum of Military Glory on Sokolova Hill, Limonarium, House Museum of Chernyshevsky in Saratov,
• Local history museums in Balashov, Volsk, Petrovsk, Khvalynsk, Engels,
• Memorial House Museum of Chapaev in Pugachev,
• Museum of Long-Range Aviation, Literary Museum of Kassil in Engels,
• The landing site of Yuri Gagarin in Engels district,
• Ostrich farm in Lysogorsky district
• Stepan Razin’s cliff on the bank of the Volga, where according to legend Razin drowned the Persian princess,
• Pottery in the village of Zolotoye,
• Khvalynsky ski resort in the Khvalynsky National Park,
• Stolypin’s mineral waters (the resort named after Chapayev).

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FactChecking the Biden-Trump Debate

In the first debate clash of the 2024 campaign, the two candidates unleashed a flurry of false and misleading statements.

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The much-anticipated first debate of 2024 between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump featured a relentless barrage of false and misleading statements from the two candidates on immigration, the economy, abortion, taxes and more.

• Both candidates erred on Social Security, with Biden incorrectly saying that Trump “wants to get rid” of the program, and Trump falsely alleging that Biden will “wipe out” Social Security due to the influx of people at the border.
• Trump misleadingly claimed that he was “the one that got the insulin down for the seniors,” not Biden. Costs were lowered for some under a limited project by the Trump administration. Biden signed a law capping costs for all seniors with Medicare drug coverage.
• Trump warned that Biden “wants to raise your taxes by four times,” but Biden has not proposed anything like that. Trump was also mostly wrong when he said Biden “wants the Trump tax cuts to expire.” Biden said he would extend them for anyone making under $400,000 a year.
• Biden repeated his misleading claim that billionaires pay an average federal tax rate of 8%. That White House calculation factors in earnings on unsold stock as income.
• Trump repeated his false claim that “everybody,” including all legal scholars, wanted to end Roe v. Wade’s constitutional right to abortion.
• Trump falsely claimed that “the only jobs” Biden “created are for illegal immigrants and bounced back jobs that bounced back from the COVID.” Total nonfarm employment is higher than it was before the pandemic, as is the employment level of native-born workers.
• Biden claimed that Trump oversaw the “largest deficit of any president,” while Trump countered that “we now have the largest deficit” under Biden. The largest budget deficit was under Trump in fiscal year 2020, but that was largely because of emergency spending due to COVID-19.
• Biden misleadingly said that “Black unemployment is the lowest level it has been in a long, long time.” The rate reached a record low in April 2023, and it was low under Trump, too, until the pandemic.
• Biden said Trump called U.S. veterans killed in World War I “suckers and losers,” which Trump called a “made up quote.” The Atlantic reported that, based on anonymous sources. A former Trump chief of staff later seemed to confirm Trump said it.
• Trump claimed that Biden “caused the inflation,” but economists say rising inflation was mostly due to disruptions to the economy caused by the pandemic.
• Trump grossly inflated the number of immigrants who have entered the country during the Biden administration — putting the number at 18 million to 20 million — and he said, without evidence, that many of them are from prisons and mental institutions.
• Trump claimed that “we had the safest border in history” in the “final months” of his presidency. But apprehensions of those trying to cross illegally in the last three full months of his presidency were about 50% higher than in the three months before he took office.
• Biden criticized Trump for presiding over a loss of jobs when he was president, but that loss occurred because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Trump falsely claimed that “some states” run by Democrats allow abortions “after birth.” If it happened, it would be homicide, and that’s illegal.
• Trump made the unsupported claim that the U.S. border with Mexico is “the most dangerous place in the world,” and suggested that it has opened the country to a violent crime wave. The data show a reduction in violent crime in the U.S.
• Trump overstated how much food prices have risen due to inflation. Prices are up by about 20%, not double or quadruple. 
• Trump boasted his administration “had the best environmental numbers ever.” Trump reversed nearly 100 environmental rules limiting pollution. Although greenhouse gas emissions did decline from 2019 to 2020, the EPA said that was due to the impacts of the pandemic on travel and the economy.   
• Biden said he joined the Paris Agreement because “if we reach the 1.5 degrees Celsius, and then … there’s no way back.” Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees would reduce the damages and losses of global warming, but scientists agree that climate action is still possible after passing the threshold.
• Trump said immigrants crossing the border illegally were living in “luxury hotels.” New York City has provided hotel and motel rooms to migrant families, but there is no evidence that they are being placed in “luxury” hotels. 
• Trump falsely claimed that there was “no terrorism, at all” in the U.S. during his administration. There were several terrorist acts carried out by foreign-born individuals when he was president.
• While talking about international trade, Trump falsely claimed that the U.S. currently has “the largest deficit with China.” In 2023, the trade deficit in goods and services with China was the lowest it has been since 2009.
• Trump wrongly claimed that prior to the pandemic, he had created “the greatest economy in the history of our country.” That’s far from true using economists’ preferred measure — growth in gross domestic product.
• As he has many times before, Trump wrongly claimed, “I gave you the largest tax cut in history.” That’s not true either as a percentage of gross domestic product or in inflation-adjusted dollars.
• Trump contrasted his administration with Biden’s by misleadingly noting that when he left office, the U.S. was “energy independent.” The U.S. continues to export more energy than it imports.

The debate was hosted by CNN in Atlanta on June 27.

Social Security

Biden claimed that Trump “wants to get rid” of Social Security, even though the former president has consistently said he will not cut the program and has advised Republicans against doing so.

Earlier this year, Biden and his campaign based the claim on Trump saying in a  March 11 CNBC interview  that “there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements.” As  we’ve said , in context, instead of reducing benefits, Trump was talking about cutting waste and fraud in those programs — although there’s not enough of that to make the program solvent over the long term.

“I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare,” Trump later said in a  March 13 Breitbart interview . “We’ll have to do it elsewhere. But we’re not going to do anything to hurt them.”

During the GOP presidential primary, Trump also  criticized  some of his Republican opponents for proposing to raise the retirement age for Social Security, which budget experts  have said  would reduce scheduled benefits for those affected.

Some critics of Trump have  argued  that he cannot be expected to keep his promise because of his past budget proposals. But,  as we’ve written , Trump did not propose cuts to Social Security retirement benefits.

Meanwhile, Trump claimed during the debate that Biden “is going to single handedly destroy Social Security” because of illegal immigration. “These millions and millions of people coming in, they’re trying to put them on Social Security. He will wipe out Social Security,” Trump said of Biden.

As  we  and  others  have explained before, immigrants who are not authorized to be in the U.S. aren’t eligible for Social Security. In fact, because many such individuals pay into Social Security via payroll taxes but cannot receive benefits, illegal immigrants bolster rather than drain the finances of the program.

In referring to what seniors pay for insulin, Trump misleadingly claimed, “I heard him say before ‘insulin.’ I’m the one that got the insulin down for the seniors. I took care of the seniors.” Insulin costs went down for some beneficiaries under a limited project under Trump; Biden signed a more expansive law affecting all seniors with Medicare drug coverage.

Under Trump, out-of-pocket costs were lowered to $35 for some Medicare Part D beneficiaries under a two-year pilot project in which some insurers could voluntarily reduce the cost for some insulin products. KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research organization,  explained  earlier this month that under this model, in effect from 2021 to 2023, “participating Medicare Part D prescription drug plans covered at least one of each dosage form and type of insulin product at no more than $35 per month,” and “less than half of all Part D plans chose to participate in each year.”

But in 2022, Biden  signed a law  that required all Medicare prescription drug plans to cap all insulin products at $35. The law also capped the out-of-pocket price for insulin that’s covered under Medicare Part B, which covers drugs administered in a health care provider’s office. The caps went into effect last year.

STAT, a news site that covers health care issues,  reported  that the idea for a $35 cap for seniors initially came from Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company, which proposed it in 2019.

Trump on Biden Tax Plan

“He’s the only one I know he wants to raise your taxes by four times,” Trump said of Biden. “He wants to raise everybody’s taxes by four times. He wants the Trump tax cuts to expire. So everybody … [is] going to pay four to five times –  nobody ever heard of this before.”

Trump regularly warns of massive tax hikes for “everybody,” should Biden be reelected. That doesn’t jibe with anything Biden has proposed.

In his more than three years as president, Biden’s  major tax changes  have included setting a  minimum corporate tax rate  of 15% and lowering taxes for some families by  expanding the child tax credit  and, for a time, making it fully refundable, meaning families could still receive a refund even if they no longer owe additional taxes.

As  we wrote  in 2020, when Trump made a similar claim, Biden proposed during that campaign to raise an additional $4 trillion in taxes over the next decade, although the increases would have fallen mainly on very high-income earners and corporations. The plan would not have doubled or tripled people’s taxes at any income level (on average), according to analyses of Biden’s plan by the  Penn Wharton Budget Model ,  the Tax Policy Center  and  the Tax Foundation .

In March 2023, the TPC’s Howard Gleckman  wrote  that Biden proposed a 2024 budget that would, on average, increase after-tax incomes for low-income households and “leave them effectively unchanged for middle-income households.” The Tax Policy Center noted, “The top 1 percent, with at least roughly $1 million in income, would pay an average of $300,000 more than under current law, dropping their after-tax incomes by 14 percent.”

This March, Biden released his  fiscal year 2025 budget , which contains many of the same proposals and adds a few new wrinkles. But it still  does not contain  any “colossal tax hikes” on typical American families, as Trump has said.

Biden’s latest plan proposes — as he has in the past — to increase the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 28%, and to  restore  the top individual tax rate of 39.6% from the current rate of 37%. It would also increase the corporate minimum tax rate from 15% to 21% for companies that report average profits in excess of $1 billion over a three-year period. And the plan would impose a 25% minimum tax on very wealthy individuals. The plan also proposes to extend the expanded child tax credit enacted in the American Rescue Plan through 2025, and to make the child tax credit fully refundable on a permanent basis.

Trump is also mostly wrong that Biden “wants the Trump tax cuts to expire.”

As he has said since the 2020 campaign, Biden’s FY 2025 budget vows not to increase taxes on people earning less than $400,000.

In order to keep that pledge, Biden would have to extend most of the individual income tax provisions enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that are set to expire at the end of 2025. And that’s what Biden says he would do — but  only for  individual filers earning less than $400,000 and married couples making less than $450,000. (In order to pass the TCJA with a simple Senate majority, Republicans wrote the law to have most of the individual income tax changes  expire after 2025 .)

The Biden budget plan “would raise marginal income tax rates faced by higher earners and corporations while expanding tax credits for lower-income households,” according to a Tax Foundation  analysis  of the tax provisions in Biden’s budget. “The budget would redistribute income from high earners to low earners. The bottom 60 percent of earners would see increases in after-tax income in 2025, while the top 40 percent of earners would see decreases.”

Biden on Taxes Paid by Billionaires

In arguing that wealthy households should pay a minimum tax, Biden repeated his misleading claim that billionaires pay an average federal tax rate of 8%.

“We have a thousand … billionaires in America, and what’s happening?”  Biden said . “They’re in a situation where they in fact pay 8.2% in taxes.”

That’s not the average rate in the current tax system; it’s a figure  calculated  by the White House and factors in earnings on unsold stock as income. When only considering income, the top-earning taxpayers, on average, pay higher tax rates than those in lower income groups, as  we’ve written  before.

The top 0.1% of earners pay an average rate of 25.1% in federal income and payroll taxes,  according to  an analysis by the Tax Policy Center in October 2022 for the 2023 tax year.

The point that Biden tried to make is that earnings on assets, such as stock, currently are not taxed until that asset is sold, which is when the earnings become subject to capital gains taxes. Until stocks and assets are sold, the earnings are referred to as “unrealized” gains. Unrealized gains, the White House  has argued , could go untaxed forever if wealthy people hold on to them and transfer them on to heirs when they die.

Roe v. Wade

As he has  before , Trump wildly exaggerated the popularity of ending Roe v. Wade — even going so far as to claim that it was “something that everybody wanted.”

“51 years ago, you had Roe v. Wade and everybody wanted to get it back to the states,”  he said , referring to the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion, which was  overturned  in 2022.

Trump:  Everybody, without exception: Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives. Everybody wanted it back — religious leaders. And what I did is I put three great Supreme Court justices on the court and they happened to vote in favor of killing Roe v. Wade, and moving it back to the states. This is something that everybody wanted. Now 10 years ago or so they started talking about how many weeks and how many this and getting into other things. But every legal scholar throughout the world — the most respected — wanted it brought back to the states. I did that.

In fact, a majority of Americans have disagreed with ending Roe v. Wade, including plenty of legal scholars, as we’ve explained  before . While some scholars criticized aspects of the legal reasoning in Roe, it did not necessarily mean they wanted the ruling overturned. Legal experts told us that Trump’s claim was “utter nonsense” and “patently absurd.”

Trump Wrong on Jobs

After Biden talked about job creation during his administration, Trump falsely claimed that “the only jobs [Biden] created are for illegal immigrants and bounced back jobs that bounced back from the COVID.”

In fact, as of May,  total nonfarm employment  in the U.S. had gone up about 6.2 million from the pre-pandemic peak in February 2020, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increase is about 15.6 million if you count from when Biden took office in January 2021 until now — but that would include some jobs that were temporarily lost during the pandemic and then came back during the economic recovery.

Furthermore, there is no evidence that only “illegal immigrants” have seen employment gains.

Since Biden became president in January 2021, employment of U.S.-born workers has increased more than employment of foreign-born workers, a category that includes anyone who wasn’t a U.S. citizen at birth, as we’ve written before . BLS says the  foreign-born  population includes “legally-admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents such as students and temporary workers, and undocumented immigrants.” There is no employment breakdown for just people in the U.S. illegally.

In looking at employment since the pre-pandemic peak, the employment level of  foreign-born workers  was up by about 3.2 million, from roughly 27.7 million in February 2020 to nearly 30.9 million in May. Employment for the  U.S.-born population  increased by about 125,000 — from nearly 130.3 million in February 2020 to 130.4 million, as of May.

Conflicting Budget Deficit Claims

Biden and Trump accused each other of presiding over the largest budget deficit in the U.S.

After talking about Trump’s plans for additional tax cuts, Biden said Trump already had the “largest deficit of any president in American history.” When he got a chance to respond, Trump said, “We now have the largest deficit in the history of our country under this guy,” referring to Biden.

Biden is correct: The  largest budget deficit  on record was about $3.1 trillion in fiscal year 2020 under Trump. However, that was  primarily  because of trillions of dollars in emergency funding that both congressional Republicans and Democrats approved to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, the largest budget deficit under Trump was about $1 trillion in fiscal 2019.

Meanwhile, the most recent budget deficit under Biden was about $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023. As of June, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office  projected  that the deficit for fiscal 2024, which ends on Sept. 30, would be about $2 trillion.

Black Unemployment

Biden boasted that on his watch, “Black unemployment is the lowest level it has been in a long, long time.”

It’s true that the unemployment rate for Black or African American people reached a record low of 4.8% in April 2023, but it is currently 6.1%,  according to  the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which has data going back to 1972.

Also, the unemployment rate was low under Trump, too, until the pandemic.

Under Trump, the  unemployment rate for Black Americans  went down to 5.3% in August 2019 – the lowest on record at that time. It shot up to 16.9% in April 2020, when the economic effects of the pandemic took hold. When Trump left office in January 2021, amid the pandemic, the rate was 9.3%.

The rate has been 6% or less in only 29 months since 1972, and it happened only under two presidents: 21 times under Biden and eight times under Trump.

‘Suckers and Losers’

Biden  said  Trump called U.S. veterans killed in World War I “suckers and losers,” which Trump called a “made up quote … that was in a third-rate magazine.”

It was first reported by a magazine — the Atlantic — but Trump’s former chief of staff,  John F. Kelly , a retired four-star Marine general, later seemed to confirm it.

Biden was referring to a trip Trump made to France in November 2018, where he reportedly declined to visit the  Aisne-Marne American Cemetery  near the location of the Battle of Belleau Wood. “He was standing with his four-star general and he told him, ‘I don’t want to go in there because they’re a bunch of losers and suckers.’”

The Atlantic  wrote  about this alleged incident in 2020, citing unnamed sources. The magazine wrote that Trump made his remark about “losers” when he declined to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, and his remark about “suckers” during that same trip.

The Atlantic, Sept. 3, 2020:  In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed.

In October 2023, Kelly – who was on that trip and visited the Aisne-Marne Cemetery — gave a  statement to CNN  that seemed to confirm those remarks. CNN published Kelly’s statement.

CNN, Oct. 3, 2023:  “What can I add that has not already been said?” Kelly said, when asked if he wanted to weigh in on his former boss in light of recent comments made by other former Trump officials. “A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them.’ A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family – for all Gold Star families – on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America’s defense are ‘losers’ and wouldn’t visit their graves in France.”

Trump said, “We had 19 people who said I didn’t say it.” One of those who said that he didn’t hear Trump make those remarks is John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser who was also on the trip and said he was there when the decision was made not to visit the cemetery.

“I didn’t hear that,” Bolton  told the New York Times  in 2020 after the magazine story first appeared. “I’m not saying he didn’t say them later in the day or another time, but I was there for that discussion.”

Biden Misleads on Jobs

Biden ignored the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic when he criticized Trump for employment going down over Trump’s time in office.

“He’s the only president other than Herbert Hoover that lost more jobs than he had when he began,” Biden said.

Job growth during Trump’s term was positive until the economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April 2020, as efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus led to business closures and layoffs. By the time Trump left office in January 2021, employment had partly rebounded, but was still 9.4 million jobs below the February 2020 peak,  according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics .

Trump repeatedly claimed that Biden “caused the inflation” and that “I gave him a country with no essentially no inflation. It was perfect. It was so good.”

It’s true that inflation was relatively modest when Trump was president. The  Consumer Price Index rose 7.6%  under Trump’s four years — continuing a long period of low inflation. And inflation has been high over the entirety of Biden’s time in office. The  Consumer Price Index  for all items rose 19.3% between January 2021 and May.

For a time, it was the worst inflation in decades. The 12 months ending in June 2022 saw a 9% increase in the CPI (before seasonal adjustment), which the  Bureau of Labor Statistics said  was the biggest such increase since the 12 months ending in November 1981.

Inflation has moderated more recently. The CPI  rose  3.3% in the 12 months ending in May, the most recent figure available.

Although Trump claims that Biden is entirely responsible for massive inflation, economists  we have spoken to  say Biden’s policies are only partly to blame. The economists placed the lion’s share of the blame for inflation on disruptions to the economy caused by the pandemic, including supply shortages, labor issues and increased consumer spending on goods. Inflation was then worsened by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which drove up oil and gas prices, experts told us.

Indeed, inflation has been a  worldwide problem  post-pandemic.

However, many economists say Biden’s policies — particularly aggressive stimulus spending early in his presidency to offset some of the economic damage caused by the pandemic — played a modest role.

Jason Furman , a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama and now a Harvard University professor, told us in June 2022 that he estimated about 1 to 4 percentage points worth of the inflation was due to Biden’s stimulus spending in the  American Rescue Plan  — a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief measure that included $1,400 checks to most Americans; expanded unemployment benefits; and money for schools, small businesses and states.  Mark Zandi , chief economist of Moody’s — whose work is often cited by the White House — said the impact of the stimulus measure now “has largely faded.”

Economists note that the American Rescue Plan came after two other pandemic stimulus laws enacted under Trump that were  worth  a  total  of $3.1 trillion. That spending, too, could have contributed to inflation.

Immigrants Entering U.S. Under Biden

Trump grossly inflated the number of immigrants who have entered the country during the Biden administration — putting the number at 18 million to 20 million. The number, by our calculation, is about a third of that. Trump also claimed, without evidence, that many of those immigrants are from prisons and mental institutions.

“It could be 18, it could be 19, and even 20 million people,” Trump said of the immigrants who have entered the U.S. during the Biden administration. Later in the debate, Trump asked Biden why there had been no accountability “for allowing 18 million people many from prisons, many from mental institutions” into the country.

That’s a greatly exaggerated number. We took a deep dive into the immigration numbers  in February , and again in  mid-June , and we came up with an estimate of at most a third of Trump’s number.

Here’s the breakdown:

Department of Homeland Security data show nearly 8 million encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border between February 2021, the month after Biden took office, and May, the last month of available  statistics . That’s a figure that includes both the 6.9 million apprehensions of migrants caught between legal ports of entry – the number typically used for illegal immigration – and nearly 1.1 million encounters of migrants who arrived at ports of entry without authorization to enter the U.S.

DHS also has comprehensive data, through February, of the initial processing of these encounters. That information shows 2.9 million were removed by Customs and Border Protection and 3.2 million were released with notices to appear in immigration court or report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the future, or other classifications, such as parole. (Encounters do not represent the total number of people, because some people attempt multiple crossings. For example, the recidivism rate was 27% in fiscal year 2021,  according to the most recent figures  from CBP.) 

As  we’ve explained before , there are also estimates for “gotaways,” or migrants who crossed the border illegally and evaded the authorities. Based on an average annual apprehension rate of 78%, which DHS provided to us, that would mean there were an estimated 1.8 million gotaways from February 2021 to February 2024. The gotaways plus those released with court notices or other designations would total about 5 million.

There were also 407,500 transfers of unaccompanied children to the Department of Health and Human Services and 883,000 transfers to ICE. The ICE transfers include those who are then booked into ICE custody, enrolled in “ alternatives to detention ” (which include technological monitoring) or released by ICE. We don’t know how many of those were released into the country with a court notice. But even if we include those figures, it still doesn’t get us to anywhere near 18 to 20 million.

And we should note that these figures do not reflect whether a migrant may ultimately be allowed to stay or will be deported, particularly since there is a yearslong backlog of immigration court cases.

Also, as we have  written   repeatedly , Trump has provided no credible support for his incendiary claim that countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions and sending those people to the U.S. Experts tell us they have seen no evidence to substantiate it.

Earlier this month, we looked into  Trump’s claim as it relates to Venezuela, because Trump has repeatedly cited a drop in crime there to support his claim about countries emptying their prisons and sending inmates to the U.S. Reported crime is trending down in Venezuela, but crime experts in the country say there are numerous reasons for that — including an enormous out-migration of citizens and a consolidation of gang activity — and they have nothing to do with sending criminals to the U.S.

“We have no evidence that the Venezuelan government is emptying the prisons or mental hospitals to send them out of the country, whether to the USA or any other country,” Roberto Briceño-León, founder and director of the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence, told us.

Border Under Trump

Trump claimed that “we had the safest border in history” in the “final months” of his presidency, according to Border Patrol. But according to  data  provided by Customs and Border Protection, apprehensions of those trying to cross illegally into the U.S. in the last three full months of Trump’s presidency were about 50% higher than in the  three months  before he took office.

In fact, as we wrote in our piece, “ Trump’s Final Numbers ,” illegal border crossings, as measured by  apprehensions at the southwest border , were 14.7% higher in Trump’s final year in office compared with the last full year before he was sworn in.

But these statistics tell only part of the story. The number of apprehensions fluctuated wildly during Trump’s presidency, from a  monthly  low of 11,127 in April 2017 to a high of 132,856 in May 2019.

Back in April,  we wrote  about a misleading chart that Trump showed to the crowd during a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin. “See the arrow on the bottom? That was my last week in office,” Trump said. “That was the lowest number in history.” But Trump was wrong on both points.

The arrow was pointing to apprehensions in April 2020, when apprehensions plummeted during the height of the pandemic.

“The pandemic was responsible for a near-complete halt to all forms of global mobility in 2020, due to a combination of border restrictions imposed by countries around the world,”  Michelle Mittelstadt , director of communications for the Migration Policy Institute, told us.

After apprehensions reached a pandemic low in April 2020, they rose every month after that. In his last months in office, apprehensions had more than quadrupled from that pandemic low and were higher than the month he took office.

Trump falsely claimed that “some states” run by Democrats allow abortions “after birth.” As  we have written , that’s simply false. If it happened, it would be  homicide , and that’s  illegal .

“No such procedure exists,” the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists  says  on its website.

The former president  has wrongly said  that abortions after birth were permitted under Roe v. Wade — the Supreme Court ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion until it was  reversed  in 2022. It was not.

Under Roe, states could outlaw abortion after fetal viability, but with exceptions for risks to the life or health of the mother. Many Republicans  have objected  to the health stipulation, saying it would allow abortion for any reason. Democrats say exceptions are needed to protect the mother from medical risks. We should note, late-term abortions  are rare . According to the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , less than 1% of abortions in the U.S. in 2020 were performed after 21 weeks gestational time.

In June 2022, after Trump had appointed three conservative justices to the Supreme Court, the court  overturned  Roe in a 5-4 ruling. Biden  supports  restoring Roe as “the law of the land,” as he said in his State of the Union address in March.

Trump Calls Border ‘The Most Dangerous Place’

In his focus on the U.S. border with Mexico, Trump  made  the unsupported claim that it is “the most dangerous place in the world.”

It’s true that unauthorized border crossings  can be dangerous  — 895 people died while doing so in fiscal year 2022, which is the most recent year for which the Customs and Border Protection has  data . Most of those deaths were heat related.

And the International Organization for Migration called calendar year 2022 “the deadliest year on record” for migration in the Americas, with a total of 1,457 fatalities throughout South America, Central America, North America and the Caribbean. The organization began tracking deaths and disappearances related to migration in 2014.

“Most of these fatalities are related to the lack of options for safe and regular mobility, which increases the likelihood that people see no other choice but to opt for irregular migration routes that put their lives at risk,” the organization said in its  2022 report .

Trump suggested that the border crossings imperil Americans when he went on to say, “these killers are coming into our country, and they are raping and killing women.”

But, as  we’ve written before , FBI data show a downward trend in violent crime in the U.S., and there’s no evidence to support the claim that there’s been a crime wave driven by immigrants.

Crime analyst Jeff Asher, co-founder of the New Orleans firm  AH Datalytics , told us in May that there’s no evidence in the data to indicate a migrant crime wave.

Similarly, Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice,  told the New York Times  in February there was no evidence of a migrant crime wave in New York City after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing migrants there in April 2022.

“I would interpret a ‘wave’ to mean something significant, meaningful and a departure from the norm,” Butts said at the time. “So far, what we have are individual incidents of crime.”

Also, it’s worth noting that the Institute for Economics and Peace’s  Global Peace Index  — which measures the safety of 163 countries based on 23 indicators, including violent crime, deaths from internal conflict and terrorism — said the “least peaceful country” is Afghanistan, followed by Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In discussing inflation, the former president embellished the degree to which food prices have increased.

“It’s killing people. They can’t buy groceries anymore,” Trump said. “You look at the cost of food, where it’s doubled, tripled and quadrupled. They can’t live.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index for food has  gone up 17.5%  — not 100% to 300% — since January 2021. The Consumer Price Index specifically for groceries, or “food at home,” has  risen 20.8% .

Climate Change

During a short exchange about climate change, Trump boasted that during his tenure “we had the best environmental numbers ever.” It is not clear what he was referring to exactly, but he said if elected president he wanted to have “absolutely immaculate clean water and I want absolutely clean air — and we had it.” He might have been referring to a talking point that Andrew Wheeler, Trump’s former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, had recommended Trump mention during the debate: “CO2 emissions went down” during his administration, as  the Hill reported . 

Greenhouse gas emissions, which are responsible for global warming,  did decline  from 2019 to 2020. But that was “largely due to the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on travel and economic activity,” according to the EPA. Emissions increased by 5.7% from 2020 to 2022, once the economy started getting reactivated again, the agency said. 

According to an  analysis by the New York Times , Trump’s administration reversed nearly 100 environmental rules, including 28 regulations on air pollution and emissions, and eight rules that limited water pollution. Reportedly, Trump  recently asked  oil executives and lobbyists to donate to his campaign, promising he would roll back other environmental rules that hurt fossil fuel interests. 

“He’s not done a damn thing for the environment,” Biden said in response, pointing out that Trump had  pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement . “I immediately joined it because if we reach the 1.5 degrees Celsius … there’s no way back,” Biden said. 

As  we’ve reported , although reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, of warming comes with a number of very serious impacts, it is not a point of no return. Scientists agree that every increment of global warming increases these negative impacts, but 1.5 degrees is not a magic number after which everything is doomed, they say. 

Immigrants Living in Hotels

During the debate, Trump  mentioned   twice  that while immigrants crossing the border illegally were “living in luxury hotels,” in New York City and other cities “our veterans are living in the street.”

While it is true that New York City has  provided   hotel   rooms  to migrant families as a temporary shelter solution, there is no evidence that immigrants are being placed in “luxury” hotels. 

In 2023, Mayor Eric Adams  signed  a $275 million contract with the Hotel Association of New York City to house 5,000 migrants. The deal was intended to help  struggling hotels  impacted by the pandemic and did not expect to include luxury hotels. “There are no gold-plated rooms that are being given away contrary to any reports that you may have seen,” the association president  told NY1  at the time. In January, the city  signed  another $77 million contract to shelter migrant families in hotels. 

In April, social media posts falsely claimed immigrants had stormed New York City Hall to demand luxury hotel accommodations. But as the  Associated Press reported , the immigrants were there for a hearing about racial inequities in shelter and immigrant services. 

In 2023, the number of veterans experiencing homelessness increased 7.4% from 2022, according to  data  from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. But homelessness among veterans has been declining in recent years, with a 4% overall reduction within the last three years alone. 

Terrorist Attacks Under Trump

While talking about Iran and terrorism, Trump falsely claimed that “you had no terror, at all, during my administration.” As  we’ve written , there were several acts of terrorism carried out by foreign-born individuals when Trump was in office.

For example, in October 2017, Sayfullo Saipov  used  a truck to run down people in New York City. He killed eight people,  including  Americans and tourists, in an attack carried out on behalf of the Islamic State.

Then in December 2017, Akayed Ullah  detonated  a homemade pipe bomb he was wearing inside a New York City subway station. Ullah  told  authorities he did it in response to U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and other places.

Then in  December 2019 , Second Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force, shot 11 people at Florida’s Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three U.S. sailors. Trump’s own attorney general, William Barr,  called  it an act of terrorism in January 2020. “The evidence shows that the shooter was motivated by jihadist ideology,” Barr said in a statement.

China Trade Deficit

When discussing U.S. trade relations with China, Trump said “we have the largest deficit with China.” That’s false, as  we’ve written .

In 2023, the U.S. had a trade deficit with China in goods and services of roughly $252 billion,  according to  revised figures the Bureau of Economic Analysis  released  in early June. The deficit in goods trading was about $279 billion which was partially offset by a roughly $27 billion surplus in the trading of  services  — which can include travel, transportation, finance and intellectual property.

The trade gap with China last year was the lowest it had been since 2009, when it was $220 billion.

In fact, according to BEA data going back to 1999, the highest total U.S.-China trade deficit in goods and services was about $378 billion in 2018 — when Trump was president. Under Biden, the highest trade deficit with China was $366 billion in 2022.

Not ‘Greatest Economy’ Under Trump

Trump falsely said that prior to the pandemic, the U.S. had “the greatest economy in the history of our country. … Everything was locked in good.”

Trump’s boast about creating the “greatest economy in history” is ubiquitous in his campaign speeches. And it’s not true, at least not by the objective measure typically used to gauge the health of the economy.

As  we have written , economists generally measure a nation’s health by the growth of its  inflation-adjusted gross domestic product . Under Trump, growth was modest. Real GDP in Trump’s four years grew annually by 2.5% in 2017, 3% in 2018 and 2.5% in 2019 — before the economy went into a tailspin during the pandemic in 2020, when real GDP declined by 2.2%,  according to  the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

So, in the best year under Trump, U.S. real GDP grew annually by 3%. By contrast, the nation’s economy grew at a faster annual rate  48 times  and under every president before and after Trump dating to 1930, except Barack Obama and Herbert Hoover. The economy grew at more than 3% six of Ronald Reagan’s eight years, including 7.2% in 1984, and it grew 5% or more 10 times under Franklin D. Roosevelt, including 18.9% in 1942.  Under Biden , the GDP grew by 5.8% in 2021 — a post COVID-19 bounce-back — by 1.9% in 2022 and 2.5% in 2023.

Trump’s Was Not Largest Tax Cut in History

As he has many times before, Trump wrongly claimed, “I gave you the largest tax cut in history.” But saying this over and over, as Trump has for years, doesn’t make it any more true.

As  we have been writing  even before the 2017  Tax Cuts and Jobs Act  was enacted into law, while the law provided tax relief to nearly all Americans, it was not the largest tax cut in U.S. history either as a percentage of gross domestic product (the measure preferred by economists) or in inflation-adjusted dollars.

According to a Tax Policy Center  analysis , the law reduced the individual income taxes owed by Americans by about $1,260 on average in 2018. It also reduced the top corporate tax rate from  35% to 21% , beginning in January 2018.

The law signed by Trump was initially projected to cost $1.49 trillion over 10 years,  according to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation . It could end up costing substantially more if individual tax provisions are extended past 2025. Over the first four years, the average annual cost was estimated to be $185 billion. That was about 0.9% of  gross domestic product  in 2018.

That’s nowhere close to President Ronald Reagan’s 1981 tax cut, which was 2.89% of GDP over a four-year average. That’s according to a  2013 Treasury Department analysis  on the revenue effects of major tax legislation. Five more tax measures since 1940 had an impact larger than 1% of GDP, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget  includes  a 1921 measure as also being larger than the 2017 plan. That’s eighth place for Trump’s “biggest tax cut in our history.”

In inflation-adjusted dollars, the Trump-era tax cut is also less than the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which comes in at No. 1 with a $320.6 billion cost over a four-year average. And it’s less than tax reductions in 2010 ($210 billion) and 1981 ($208 billion).

Energy Independence

Trump boasted, as he  often does , that “on Jan. 6 [2021], we were energy independent,” implying that’s no longer the case under Biden. But by Trump’s definition, the country remains energy independent.

To be clear, under Trump, the U.S. never stopped  importing  sources of energy,  including crude oil , from other countries. What he likely means is that the country either  produced  more energy than it consumed, or  exported  more energy than it imported. During Trump’s presidency, after years trending in that direction, the U.S. did hit a tipping point where exports of primary energy exceeded energy imports from foreign sources in 2019 and 2020 — the first times that had happened since 1952,  according to  the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 

But contrary to Trump’s suggestion, that has continued in the Biden presidency. The U.S., during Biden’s presidency, has  exported  more energy,  including petroleum , than it imported, and it has  produced  more energy than it consumed. Also, the U.S. is producing record amounts of  oil  and  natural gas  under Biden.

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Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Growth and Job Creation in Lesotho

Rapitso Mosebetsi, co-founder of Iconics Clothing. Photo: Iconics

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• The CAFI Project aims to increase access to business support services and financial products for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and entrepreneurs, especially women and youth-owned businesses.
• Fifty enterprises have received grants, mentoring on their business models and plans, and monitored over an “incubation” period, intending to scale up from start-up/concept stage to an investable stage.

After a five-year struggle with unemployment following his tertiary education, Mosebetsi found inspiration in his name, ‘work’ in English. He realized he was destined to create work, not wait for a job. In 2016, at age 27, he co-founded Iconics Clothing, a venture that gained instrumental support and guidance from the Lesotho Competitiveness and Financial Inclusion Project (CAFI) .

Iconics Clothing was one of the first 50 enterprises receiving support, a one-off grant of $7,000, which was effectively used to purchase industrial sewing and packaging machines. These significantly increased production and the company now employs 10 full-time staff, up from three, and has scaled up production from 20 garments daily to 50, boosting its revenue from $700 to $7,500 in the first month after receiving the grant. Iconics makes personal protective garments and also produces thermally heated apparel, which is much needed during the winter in Lesotho. The company’s revenue has been steadily increasing since the incubation, thanks to their increased capacity to produce. They are now uniquely positioned and receive large orders from other contractors.

The CAFI Project aims to increase access to business support services and financial products for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and entrepreneurs, especially those owned by women and youth. The business and entrepreneurs selected receive grants, mentoring on their business models and plans, and their progress is assisted and monitored over an “incubation” period, with the goal of scaling up from start-up/concept stage to an investable stage. The first cohort of 50 started their incubation from November 2023 to May 2024. The six-year project, started in 2022, seeks to incubate 500 enterprises by 2028 under the Lesotho Entrepreneurship Hub program.

The project also supports the training of enterprise support organizations (ESOs), which act as “entrepreneurship accelerators” and provide services and training to aspiring entrepreneurs in the country. The five ESOs in the first cohort provided training and mentorship to the 50 selected enterprises, tracked their progress over the six-month incubation period, and connected them with relevant industry professionals. This was done to increase the enterprises’ likelihood of success, post-incubation, ensuring the incubation process, and also helping to connect them to relevant industry professionals.

“The incubation helped us through the grant, and we learned and refined our marketing skills, which has helped us attract clients. Additionally, through The Entrepreneurs Network ESO I was under, I was introduced to prospective clients, and the networking has proved valuable. We look forward to growing and expanding the business so we can one day venture into exports,” says Rapitso Mosebetsi.

Another entrepreneur, Tsolo Makakane, concurs with the positive impact of the CAFI Project. The 23-year-old co-founder of the digital communications agency, Inkstream Media, took part in the project motivated by the fact that he is a recent graduate with no work experience and needed support to build his skills to grow and scale his enterprise. Through the project, he has built capacity and been able to accept large-scale productions and currently has 12 billboards around the country.

Before the project, he could only accept six to seven clients a month, and his capacity has now increased by 100% with a 40-50% increase in revenue. He now has a team of six people and his company used the grant to purchase more laptops, design software, and cameras, which they are using to collect authentic stock images from Lesotho. Tsolo, who graduated from Limkokwing University, was under the University’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program Incubation Hub (a certified ESO).

Ms. Lisema Ramaili, the Limkokwing University Hub Manager, says they were excited to participate in the project, having already run similar entrepreneurship acceleration programs. “We are thrilled that we made it …. We developed a selection criterion for the enterprises. Four of the 10 we incubated were in ICT, while the rest were in fashion and apparel, travel and tourism, agriculture, media, and communications. We remain in contact with our first batch and can provide them with support and advice where required.”

The Limkokwing Hub works with graduates from its institutions who have registered businesses and ensures that the enterprises are tax-compliant and registered with the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Business Development. The hub also provided the participants with skills in market research, conflict resolution, and negotiation, and a university psychologist was also enlisted to support the social development of the entrepreneurs.

CAFI is a project of the Government of Lesotho, supported with $52.5 million from the World Bank and a grant of $950,000 from the India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Fund. The project is designed to improve the business environment and strengthen the resilience of MSMEs in the country, which will improve the livelihoods and economy of Lesotho and its people. In addition to the Lesotho Entrepreneurship Hub Program, the CAFI project also supports the expansion of commercial horticulture farming, revitalization of Lesotho’s textiles and apparel sector, and business environment improvements, including enhancing access to financing and disaster resilience for MSMEs.

The CAFI Project is part of the World Bank Group’s support for private sector development in Lesotho. The WBG engagement strategy, as elaborated in the Lesotho Country Partnership Framework (CPF) (FY24-28), seeks to support private sector-led growth.

Additional private sector support in the country includes the Southern Africa Trade Facilitation Project, which improves trade efficiencies, the Integrated Transport, Trade, and Logistics Project, which invests in smart, one-stop commercial borders and climate-resilient road and trade corridors, and the Smallholder Agriculture Development Project, which supports climate-resilient agriculture. The World Bank and International Finance Corporation are working with the government and development partners to create an improved climate for investment to drive private sector development and job creation.

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