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Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

The Unique U.S. Failure to Control the Virus

New York Times; Austan Goolsbee
Topics:  COVID-19
Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

Amid slow jobs recovery, all eyes on July report

Boston Globe; Steven Davis
Topics:  COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

Cutting unemployment benefits would hamper recovery: study

The Hill; Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel, Joseph Vavra
Topics:  COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

The US needs to stop acting as though it has ‘infinite fiscal space,’ and provide more targeted coronavirus stimulus, a top economist warned

Markets Insider; Raghuram Rajan
Topics:  COVID-19, Monetary Policy
Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

Cash or Jobs: How U.S. Economic Protection Stacks Up Internationally

Wall Street Journal; Steven Davis
Topics:  COVID-19
Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

The controversial $600 unemployment aid debate, explained

Washington Post; Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel, Joseph Vavra
Topics:  COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

U.S. Economy On High Alert Over Shaky Future Of Extra Jobless Benefits

NPR; Peter Ganong
Topics:  COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Media Mention • Aug 6, 2020

Fresh U.S. pandemic stimulus should be more targeted: Raghuram Rajan

Reuters; Raghuram Rajan
Topics:  Monetary Policy
Media Mention • Aug 5, 2020

Lapse in Extra Unemployment Benefits to Hurt U.S. Recovery, Economists Say

Wall Street Journal; Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel, Joseph Vavra
Topics:  COVID-19, Employment & Wages

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