Tag: American Rescue Plan (2021)

Congress Clears $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill, Including Ukraine Aid

And Congress agreed to direct millions of dollars toward its own employees…

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Black Farmers Fear Foreclosure as Debt Relief Remains Frozen

The legal limbo has created new and unexpected financial strains for Black…

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Modern Monetary Theory Got a Pandemic Tryout. Inflation Is Now Testing It.

The problem is that the alternative to a Fed response is, at…

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I.M.F. Forecasts U.S. and China Slowdowns Will Hold Back Growth

The pandemic has changed the way people in many parts of the…

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Democrats Blast Corporate Profits as Inflation Surges

Inflation remains rapid as the economy enters 2022, and Democrats have begun…

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Child Tax Credit’s Extra Help Ends, Just as Covid Surges Anew

That didn’t happen. Polls found the public roughly divided over whether the…

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What We Learned About the Economy in 2021

For people who study the vicissitudes of the economy, 2021 has been…

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How the $4 Trillion Flood of Covid Relief Is Funding the Future

Infrastructure, conjuring as it does images of potholes and rusted water pipes,…

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The Inflation Miscalculation Complicating Biden’s Agenda

WASHINGTON — President Biden’s top economists have worried from the beginning of…

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