Biden repeats false claim that inflation was at 9% when he took office after being called out last week

President Biden repeated his false claim that inflation was at 9% when he first took office less than a week after being called out for making the same assertion.

Speaking with Yahoo! Finance about his newly-announced tariffs on China, Biden defended his handling of the economy while acknowledging the impact inflation has had on Americans. 

"Inflation has gone slightly up," Biden told Yahoo! Finance's Brian Sozzi. "It was at 9% when I came in. And it's now down around 3%."

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