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Fed Mortgage-Backed Security Purchases Reached a New Record
The Federal Reserve purchased nearly $180 billion in Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) last week, more than any week in history — including during the...
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COVID Response: How Much Money Has Been Made Available So Far?
The fiscal and monetary policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis has been both swift and substantial. We have been...
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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 with...
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COVID Money Tracker: Paycheck Protection Program
Note: See here for an update on the Paycheck Protection Program as of May 23, 2020. The Paycheck Projection Program (PPP) was established under the...
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COVID Money Tracker: Airline Worker Support
Of the $2.2 trillion in fiscal support made available under the CARES Act, roughly $60 billion was allocated specifically to the airline industry and...
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Webinar & Chartbook: Unpacking the Next Phase of COVID-19 Relief
The Senate earlier this week passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act – the fourth piece of legislation aimed at...
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What's in the Fourth Coronavirus Package?
The Senate yesterday passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act by unanimous consent. The bill is the fourth piece of...
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The COVID-19 Recession Is Unfolding Faster than the Great Recession – and So Is the Response
We have published an abbreviated update of this analysis, incorporating additional legislation, updated cost estimates, and new economic projections...
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COVID Money Tracker Launches to Enhance Transparency
For Immediate Release Congress has already approved more than $2 trillion in fiscal measures to deal with the unprecedented economic and public health...
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COVID Money Tracker: Policies Enacted Through August 14
This is an archived version of this table last updated on August 14, 2020. For the latest on COVID-related spending, head to our new interactive site...
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( FFCRA), the second of three packages enacted so...
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A Visualization of the CARES Act
The President yesterday signed into law the CARES Act, a $2.3 trillion relief package aimed at ameliorating some of the effects of the economic...