#Stimulus

LunaticTrader

lunatictrader1

Why the "big" next round of stimulus will probably fail "big" time. #thread1 - A portion of the $2 trillion brave new money will flow straight to China and stay

Oregon Econ Analysis

OR_EconAnalysis

This new Washington Post article on state and local governments has Oregon in a unique situation: large revenue declines but job gains. Data technically right but misses unique context of

Amy Morsch Bailey

amymorsch

Pulling #FEMA $ for #Covid jobless benefits during an extremely active #hurricane season with up to 24 named storms is interesting strategy being floated... (1/3)https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/07/congress-coronavirus-stimu

Snow Miser

Idofavorzforu

Bad news is the super woke, socialist, and progressives helped Joe get to the Whitehouse, good news is he lied to them and isn't going to move forward with their

Chris L

Chrisnattyman

New theory: Employment will be come a less important economic indicator. Applying the future effects of Biden's stimulus with my societal experience give me the following conclusion A lot of

Maria Quinones-Sanchez

MariaQSanchez

Newsflash for all my white “allies”: performative acts won’t end institutional racism. If we want a more equitable society it will take both government and the business community to tackle

Tom Adshead

ThomasAdshead

I see this a bit differently from the minister. Russia did a serious lockdown in the first wave. The economy did not fall by much (-3.5% forecast GDP fall in

multiplexer

multiplexer

I listened to the podcast version of this article over the weekend. The GOP is failing to govern because they don’t know how to in a pandemic. And failed to

Eric Basmajian

EPBResearch

The deflationary output gap...how big is it and how long will it take to close? 1/ The nominal GDP output gap reached 10% of potential GDP in Q2 of 2020,

ChasingAlpha

Chasing4Alpha

Incoming CPI inflation? A threadSince QE alone only equals bank recapitalization and increased base money, it can never cause CPI inflation. For example, during the financial crisis we witnessed the

John Ainger

johnainger

Last night EU leaders finally resolved a standoff with Hungary and Poland over a landmark stimulus package for the region. Not sure why it matters? Here's why. 1/10https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/here-s-why-the-stimul

Joseph Majkut

JosephMajkut

The climate provisions in the end-of-year megabill are really good. Increased $ for R&D, modernized programs, and extension of some key subsidies show that bipartisan support for low-carbon innovation is

Doug Campbell

TradeandMoney

I just wasted my morning watching the stimulus debate between @LHSummers and @paulkrugman. It's crazy Summers was ever influential. 1/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbZ3_LZxs54&ab_channel=PrincetonBendheimCenterforFinance First, Su

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Many of the headlines on the new administration offer get it wrong by emphasizing the headline cost, which makes it sound serious. The key thing is the refusal to extend

James Fallows

JamesFallows

1/ A brief stroll down history’s lane, concerning Dem search for “bipartisan support” on tough measures. Chap 1: Bill Clinton budget-and-tax bill 1993. Huge admin effort. Republicans who ultimately voted

Lawrence H. Summers

LHSummers

My criticism of the ideal of universal $2,000 checks as COVID response has lit up the Twitter sphere. I thought it important to clarify my argument, here: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-27/larry-summers-trump-pelosi-2-00

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