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Jul 1, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

How Does COVID Relief Compare to Great Recession Stimulus?

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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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Jul 2, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

CBO Releases New Economic Projections

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated economic projections , incorporating the economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Jul 1, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

How Does COVID Relief Compare to Great Recession Stimulus?

Congress has enacted five pieces of legislation and committed $3.6 trillion of fiscal support so far to address public health and economic crises...
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Jun 15, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Treasury Data Shows Other Countries Not Buying Additional Debt

Total foreign holdings of United States debt held steady during the month of April despite the massive increase in government borrowing that took...
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May 22, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Chartbook: The COVID-19 Crisis and Federal Response

The economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has been sharper and more dramatic than any we have experienced in our nation’s history...
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May 20, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO Releases Interim Economic Projections

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a new set of economic projections for 2020 and 2021 showing a sharp economic contraction during...
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May 11, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Is the Fed Buying Our New Debt?

So far, the legislative response to the COVID-19 pandemic has injected around $1.5 trillion of fiscal support into the economy . In combination with...
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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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