Economics

Jul 20, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Income Has Risen Through the COVID Recession But That May Soon Change

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Jun 15, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Treasury Data Shows Other Countries Not Buying Additional Debt

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Apr 21, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

The COVID-19 Recession Is Unfolding Faster than the Great Recession – and So Is the Response

The current economic contraction caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic appears to be larger than the Great Recession and is unfolding...

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Apr 20, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

COVID Money Tracker: Policies Enacted To Date

The novel coronavirus (COVID) pandemic and resulting economic crisis has been met with an unprecedented policy response. Through legislative,...

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Apr 15, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

Eugene Steuerle: Who Should Pay For The Economic Relief From The COVID-19 Crisis?

As Republicans and Democrats joined hands to provide the most recent of what might be several stages of relief from our national pandemic crisis,...

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Apr 7, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Bernie Sanders's Coronavirus Relief Package

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released his Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package , a plan to build on...

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Apr 6, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Other Spending| Economics

Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( FFCRA ), the second of three packages enacted...

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Apr 2, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO Updates Economic Baseline in Wake of COVID-19

In anticipation of a score of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the second coronavirus response bill), the Congressional Budget Office (...

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Apr 1, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

Don’t use COVID-19 to Excuse $2 trillion of Debt-Financed Infrastructure

For Immediate Release Yesterday, President Trump suggested that the next phase of economic relief to offset the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19...

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Mar 25, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package?

Updated on 4/21/2020 and 4/29/2020 to reflect the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) estimate and subsequent revisions. Lawmakers recently approved...

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Mar 19, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics