#Stimulus

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KellysAFox

I’m seeing it in my industry. My parents see it in theirs. My neighbors see it in theirs. Companies— especially small and midsized firms— are not meeting deadlines and projects/products

Joseph Gagnon

GagnonMacro

My colleague Olivier Blanchard lays out the case for concern about the Biden stimulus package. https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/defense-concerns-over-19-trillion-relief-plan via @PIIE Let's walk thru the numbers

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scapelliti

Some are demanding that Trump sign the budget bill containing the paltry $600 survival benefit and then later sign the $2000 standalone bill slated for a floor vote on December

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

The fact that Zhou Li, a former deputy director of Beijing’s International Liaison Department, is complaining about the “unprecedented” coronavirus stimulus in the United States shows just how confused many

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

The recovery is slowing. The virus is surging. And economists say that if a Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year, it could lead to economic damage that

Ingrid M

iMusing

big news that Morrison is going to announce he has a plan today. Every Liberal leader since 2013 has campaigned on a purported “plan” and still tanked the economy while

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Putting the Republican attempt to hobble the Fed in perspective: important to realize that financial crises have been a defining feature of the world economy these past 25 years 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/us/politics/closing-in-on

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

Historically rules/institutional frameworks for monetary and fiscal policy were motivated by the concern that politicians were BIASED towards too much deficit increase, inflation, living for the moment, etc. Certainly some

Arthur Delaney

ArthurDelaneyHP

McConnell this morning with another dishonest Senate floor speech in which he again pretended Democrats haven’t compromised, ignored the ongoing bipartisan negotiation, and said “over 6500 lawsuits have been filed”

Reid Frick

frick_reid

Daily journalism check-up. Is the media fixed yet? Preliminary evidence is not on the side of the current media narrative... NOT looking good for the narrative in the court of

Jeffrey P. Snider

JeffSnider_AIP

Larry Summers really stepped in it when he questioned why the govt would think about 'giving' Americans $2000 instead of $600. That wasn't really the problem, though that's what got

Doug Campbell

TradeandMoney

Terrible NY Times article arguing against simply sending people checks. Full of disinformation. @NelsonSchwartz & @gillianreporter, you can do better.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/business/economy/600-dollar-stimulus-check.html?act

Robinson Meyer

yayitsrob

Mayor Bowser’s COVID mitigation plan is failing. Simple as that.Remember in July when we were yelling about how Georgia had lost control of its epidemic?DC now has 407 cases per

Music Workers Alliance

MusicWorkers

We are grateful to see @jsf considered, deeply thought & researched op-ed for @Nytimes about the state of the arts, w tangible & practical calls for new #WPA for artists,

Seth Ginns

sethginns

What has changed vs expectations since March equity bottom?A lot 1/ -Infections and hospitalizations dropped faster than expected-Reopenings showing lower than expected R0-IFR/CFR likely much lower than feared-Therapeutics emerging-Narrativ

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

"Congress" isn't holding up aid.The Senate GOP, led by Mitch McConnell, is:a) Blocking stimulus checks > $600b) Demanding limits on the Fed's ability to boost the economy under a Biden

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