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Jun 8, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

COVID Relief Continues to Bolster Personal Income

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Jun 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending| Economics

Partial Student Debt Cancellation is Poor Economic Stimulus

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Jun 8, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

COVID Relief Continues to Bolster Personal Income

New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) for the month of April shows that disposable personal income (DPI) was 12.0 percent above pre-...
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Jun 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending| Economics

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...
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May 6, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

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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Feb 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

How Much Would the American Rescue Plan Overshoot the Output Gap?

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected on Monday that the nation’s output gap – the difference between actual economic activity and...
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Feb 2, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO Releases New 10-Year Economic Projections

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new set of ten-year economic projections, illustrating the economic damage from the COVID...
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Feb 1, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

America Faces a $380 Billion Output Gap

Today's economic projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show the economy is likely to experience a strong economic recovery, but...
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Jan 28, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

What Do Today's GDP Numbers Tell Us About the Output Gap?

The Bureau of Economic Analysis today released its advanced estimates for fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The report showed that real...
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Jan 11, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Taxes| Economics

Debt Cancellation and SALT Cap Repeal Would Benefit Higher Earners

In her recent Washington Post column, Catherine Rampell argues progressives should “be more progressive in an old-fashioned sense: by helping the...
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Jan 8, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

What's in the December Jobs Report

The Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning released its monthly jobs report which showed a net loss of 140,000 jobs during the month of December...
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