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May 22, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Chartbook: The COVID-19 Crisis and Federal Response

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May 20, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO Releases Interim Economic Projections

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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...
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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
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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
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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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