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ARCHIVE #2: How Long Before Cancelled Student Debt Would Return?
Note: This analysis has been updated from the original version to reflect new estimates of how long it would take for the amount of student debt owed...
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The 2021 U.S. Economy in Ten Charts
2021 was a unique year in economic history. Assisted by new COVID vaccines , accommodative monetary policy, and trillions of fiscal stimulus , the US...
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ARCHIVE: How Long Before Cancelled Student Debt Would Return?
Note: (7/6/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here , which includes updated estimates...
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Over Half of States Ending Federal Unemployment Benefits Early
Twenty-six states have announced that they are ending the expanded federal unemployment benefits in the American Rescue Plan prior to their technical...
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Partial Student Debt Cancellation is Poor Economic Stimulus
Last year, we estimated that fully canceling student debt would produce eight to 23 cents of economic activity for every dollar of cost and speculated...
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COVID Relief Lifted Personal Income to Record Levels
Of the $5.9 trillion ($5.2 trillion net) of enacted COVID relief, we estimate $3.6 trillion was committed or disbursed over the one-year period...
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Marc Goldwein: The Prescription: Fiscal Policy for the COVID-19 Economy
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently appeared on The...
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Understanding the $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID Relief Funding
The Senate-passed American Rescue Plan will deliver nearly $2 trillion of additional COVID relief on top of the $4 trillion already authorized. Yet...
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Bill Hoagland: Reconciliation, corrupted by Congress: May it R.I.P.
The current Democratic reconciliation bill and the 2017 Republican tax reconciliation measure have paid scant attention to the country’s mounting debt...
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Four Key Elements of the American Rescue Plan
In light of the ongoing pandemic and economic crisis, there has been strong interest in pursuing further spending to expand vaccinations, contain the...
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Five Ways to Improve the House COVID Relief Package
Recently, we put forward our principles for responsible COVID relief. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan currently under consideration in the...
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What's in the $1.9 Trillion House COVID Relief Bill?
The House of Representatives is currently in the process of considering the next COVID relief bill. Nine of the 12 House committees have approved...