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Could a COVID Relief Deal Close the Output Gap?
Read morePolicymakers from both parties have endorsed plans to provide over $900 billion of COVID relief as part of a year-end funding deal. Democratic...
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What's in the $550 Billion Senate Relief Package?
Read moreEarlier this week we detailed the contents of the $908 billion COVID relief package put forward by a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers. A...
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End-of-Year Deadlines For Congress
Read moreMany economic relief provisions from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and other COVID-related bills expire at the end of...
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COVID Money Tracker Insights
Read moreEach week, we update our COVID Money Tracker tool with the latest commitments and disbursals from the federal response to the novel coronavirus...
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Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Poor Economic Stimulus
Read moreNote: We published a follow-up piece on June 3, 2021 estimating the fiscal multipliers for cancelling $10,000 and $50,000 in federal student loan debt...
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The Cost of the Trump and Biden Campaign Plans
Read moreWhoever is inaugurated on January 20, 2021, will face many fiscal challenges over his term. Under current law, trillion-dollar annual budget deficits...
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Comparing Fiscal Multipliers
Read moreThe United States is currently facing one of its worst economic and public health crises as a result of COVID-19. Though substantial COVID relief has...
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Better Budget Process Initiative: Automatic CRs Can Improve the Appropriations Process
Read moreA government shutdown could occur at the end of this month. This year’s appropriations process is at a standstill, and disagreement over further...
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$2.2 of $4 Trillion in Fiscal Relief is Out the Door
Read moreWe update our interactive COVID Money Tracker tool every week to reflect new COVID relief spending and estimates. This week's updates are particularly...
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How Much COVID Relief Have Public and Private Schools Received?
Read moreAt least $42 billion has been committed or disbursed to the education sector from COVID relief legislation. We estimate: About 55 percent of those...
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$412 Billion in COVID Funds Are Earmarked for the Health Industry
Read moreOur brand new, state-of-the-art interactive COVID Money Tracker tool follows every dollar authorized and spent by Congress, the Federal Reserve, and...
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Janet Yellen and Jared Bernstein: The Senate Is on Vacation While Americans Starve
Read moreJanet Yellen is a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, a former Chair of the Federal...