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28 October
7:11 pm

Under Joe Biden, prices went up twenty percent. Nine percent in one year, the highest inflation since the seventies.

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John E. Sununu, at New Hampshire U.S. Senate General Election Debate (WMUR)

7:11 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific inflation figures (20% cumulative, 9% in one year) and a comparative historical claim (highest since the 1970s) are verifiable against economic data.
What we foundThe core facts are substantially accurate but slightly imprecise: the CPI rose approximately 21.5% under Biden (not 20%), the peak one-year rate was 9.1% (consistent with 'nine percent'), and that peak was the highest since 1981 — not strictly 'the seventies,' though inflation of that magnitude was last common in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
CorrectedCorrection: Originally rated Overstated. Rating changed to Supported following post-debate review: consumer prices rose about 21.5 percent over the Biden term, so twenty percent slightly understates it, and the 9.1 percent peak in June 2022 was the highest since 1981. The evidence is unchanged.
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