here are more claims we fact check from the first presidential debate of 2024 here's a claim from Trump about inflation under Biden he inherited almost no inflation and it stayed that way for 14 months and then it blew up under his leadership this claim needs context it's true that inflation rates when Biden took office were extremely low just 1.4% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics though they weren't zero and had in fact been as low as just .1% just the year before in the next 14 months inflation Rose to 8.5% but it didn't happen suddenly As Trump claimed it happened gradually over time