stimulus

Rosengren: Fed should begin slowing stimulus efforts by fall

August 12, 2021 Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston added his voice Monday to a growing number of people, inside and outside the Fed, who say the central bank should soon begin […]

Overstimulated? Stocks soar 75% in historic 12-month run

March 31, 2021 Stan Choe, The Associated Press

NEW YORK — It was a little over one year ago that the terrifying free fall for the stock market suddenly ended, ushering in one of its greatest runs. On March 23, 2020, the S&P […]

Liz Weston: If you need to find tax help, try DIY first

March 30, 2021 Liz Weston of NerdWallet undefined

Getting help from the IRS this tax season is going to be a challenge. The IRS has finally opened the 23.4 million pieces of mail that piled up after the pandemic shuttered its processing centers […]

Economists: Biden’s $1,400 COVID-19 checks may be great politics, but it’s questionable economics

March 14, 2021 Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University and Kenneth Mitchell, Monmouth University

The $1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package racing its way through Congress right now. The House is set to vote […]

Some taxpayers find relief payments sent to wrong account

January 5, 2021 Sarah Skidmore Sell, Associated Press

A number of taxpayers who use tax preparation services, such as H&R Block and TurboTax, say their second relief payments were sent to the incorrect bank account, forcing them to wait longer for their money. […]

HILL: John Maynard Keynes must be rolling in his grave right now

June 2, 2020 Frank Hill

Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes must be having some very interesting conversations in the afterlife about economic policy in America, wherever they may be. Nothing catastrophically bad happened in America since 1982, such as […]