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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The 2008 global financial crisis was triggered by the collapse of the United States subprime mortgage market.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Inflation reduces the purchasing power of money.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Higher interest rates tend to reduce stock valuations because they raise discount rates and borrowing costs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Goldman Sachs is an American investment bank headquartered in New York City.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Absa Group is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Higher inflation reduces the real value of US federal debt relative to the size of the economy.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Newt Gingrich served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives from January 1995 to January 1999.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Preferred stockholders receive dividends before common stockholders.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Preferred stockholders have voting rights.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hyperinflation was a problem in Weimar Germany.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Federal Reserve aims for 2% inflation.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cryptocurrency is considered fiat money.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Inflation explains the origin of the universe.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Preferred stock dividends are guaranteed.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Iran conflict has caused global oil prices to spike.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Ostriches kick hard enough to kill a lion.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that High demand alone raises an item's market value.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Free markets lead to greater income inequality.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Elections increase stock market volatility.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Real GDP is adjusted for inflation.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wealth affects empathy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Robert Mueller led the investigation into Russian interference.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Individual investors can consistently beat the stock market.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Host cities usually lose money on the Olympics.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Compound interest applies to credit card debt.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human infection with Trichinella is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked infected meat.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Marxism-Leninism advocates for the nationalization of key industries, the abolition of private property, and the establishment of a state-directed planned economy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The FAO estimates that more than a third of global marine fish stocks are overfished.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Average US college GPAs have risen since the 1960s, a trend called grade inflation.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Undercooked pork transmits parasitic worms, including Trichinella and tapeworms, to the humans who eat it.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Raising interest rates causes higher inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The gold standard worsened the Great Depression by limiting central banks' ability to expand the money supply.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Private-label grocery products are priced lower than comparable national brands in US supermarkets.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Compound interest earns more money than simple interest at the same rate over multiple periods.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) adjust their principal with changes in the Consumer Price Index, while nominal Treasury bonds pay a fixed coupon on a fixed principal.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the phrase "God is dead" in his philosophical works.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Great Depression caused inflation in the United States.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Ticketmaster owns the ticket marketplace SeatGeek.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A closure of the Strait of Hormuz would raise oil and gasoline prices in the United States.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Firms pass higher labor costs to consumers through price increases.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cashless spending increases consumer debt.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Richard Nixon actually won the 1960 United States presidential election despite John F. Kennedy being declared the winner.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pigeons feed their chicks crop milk, a nutrient-rich secretion produced in the lining of the crop.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Roman soldiers were paid in salt, which is the origin of the word salary.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Most retail day traders lose money over time.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The inflation-adjusted price of gold has risen over the past fifty years.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ostriches are native to the wild in Australia.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Index funds lose value during stock market downturns.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that During Hungary's 1945-46 hyperinflation, prices doubled roughly every 15 hours, the worst hyperinflation ever recorded.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States federal minimum wage is not automatically adjusted for inflation.?
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