Stories Tagged as
Stimulus
Around a dozen states are handing out tax rebates. Could that fuel more inflation?
Jul 6, 2022
It's a bit like the stimulus payments the federal government handed out early in the pandemic. Just don't call it stimulus.
How the Department of Education is recommending higher ed spend money on mental health care
by
David Brancaccio
and Stephanie Hughes
May 19, 2022
In the wake of the pandemic, there's enormous demand from college students for mental health care. The Department of Education has thoughts on how schools can provide it.
How are schools spending federal pandemic relief funds?
by
Amy Scott
and Anais Amin
Nov 29, 2021
Summer school, tutoring and HVAC replacement are emerging as big areas of spending, says Nic Querolo, of Bloomberg.
All this talk about the Fed "tapering" bond-buying — what's it to you?
Sep 22, 2021
Two words: interest rates. On stuff like mortgages. Business loans. Keeping them low keeps capital flowing in this pandemic economy.
New York creates fund for undocumented workers
Apr 12, 2021
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected many groups, including undocumented immigrants. Lawmakers want them to be compensated.
Uber and Lyft dole out cash to get drivers back on the road
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 8, 2021
Ride-hail companies are trying to bounce back from their current driver shortage. Many drivers think it's safer to deliver food than drive people.
“This is not Christmas,” Illinois comptroller warns of federal relief money
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 16, 2021
“That money is essentially spoken for,” Susana Mendoza says of the $7.5 billion coming to the state from the American Rescue Plan.
For public good, not for profit.
Stimulus could fund ventilation improvements in classrooms
Mar 15, 2021
Run-down public schools made air quality a problem before COVID.
Inside the economy President Biden inherits
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Rose Conlon
Jan 21, 2021
How will the Biden administration approach a sharply unequal recession amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
Bigger relief deal in a Democrat-led Senate is a "safe bet"
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 6, 2021
Two economists weigh in on what a Democrat-led Senate might mean for a stimulus package.