Wednesday, 18 March 2009

FactCheck: trading recession stats

Link to the article: Channel 4

Last Modified: 18 Mar 2009
By: Channel 4 News

Gordon Brown makes international comparisons on unemployment and haggles with David Cameron about the start of the recession, but have they got their facts straight?
The claim

"Unemployment is higher in France, in Germany, in Japan, in America. It is higher in most of the other countries that we are dealing with."

Gordon Brown, prime minister's questions, 18 March 2009