The pandemic has changed the way people in many parts of the world spend their money, shifting funds that might have been used for dining, travel and entertainment to goods […]
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Back to news homeHow a Relief Fund for Restaurants Picked Winners and Losers
When Congress created a grant program early this year to help battered bars and restaurants survive the pandemic, one thing was immediately clear: The money would not be enough. The […]
Republicans Who Assailed Biden’s Stimulus Bill Are Embracing the Money
“It’s like the python that ate the rat,” Brad Whitehead, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, said of the struggle to shepherd so much federal money […]
Mortgage Bills Are Coming Again. $10 Billion in Aid May Arrive First.
“It all comes out of savings, and that is kind of dwindling,” she said.Each program sets its own rules, including how long it provides aid, the amount per household and […]
Biden Says Spending Bill Will Slow Inflation. But When?
Rocketing inflation has become a headache for U.S. consumers, and President Biden has a go-to prescription. He says a key way to help relieve increasing prices is to pass a […]
It’s Sign-Up Time for Federal Health Insurance
Most states are served by HealthCare.gov, where premiums for a “benchmark” silver plan for 2022 will be about 3 percent lower, on average, than this year, according to a report […]
$10 Billion in Student Loan Debt Erased Under Biden, but Calls Grow for More
Finally, on Tuesday, an email arrived saying she had receive a 100 percent discharge.“I cried,” said Ms. King, who hopes she can now afford computer classes at her local community […]
Why $46 Billion Couldn’t Prevent an Eviction Crisis
Over the past several months, the White House and Treasury Department have been racing to deal with the program’s problems, repeatedly revising guidelines to allow tenants to receive payouts with […]
Unemployment Benefits Expire for Millions Without Pushback From Biden
WASHINGTON — Expanded unemployment benefits that have kept millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic expired on Monday, setting up an abrupt cutoff of assistance to 7.5 million people as […]
From Cradle to Grave, Democrats Move to Expand Social Safety Net
WASHINGTON — When congressional committees meet this week to begin formally drafting Democrats’ ambitious social policy plan, they will be undertaking the most significant expansion of the nation’s safety net […]