Plus, 60,000 jobs at the whim of a lobbying effort. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for October 1, 2020.
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Unsanitized: How the Muni Bond Market Is Preventing Economic Recovery
The role of Wall Street financiers in forcing austerity on state and local governments. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 25, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Liberalish: The Complex Odyssey of Lael Brainard
Biden’s leading choice for Treasury secretary is somewhat more liberal than she used to be. Is that enough?
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Unsanitized: The Fed’s Policy Choices and Our Maldistributed Recovery
And a moment of Zen for misuse of research. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 18, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Corporations Can Do a Lot With ‘Just Loans’
Surprisingly, companies with market power can use money to make money. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 17, 2020.
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Unsanitized: The Fed Is Overpaying Banks and Hedge Funds for Corporate Bonds
Plus, the Problem Solvers step up with a dead-on-arrival bill. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 16, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Aid That Congress Approved in March Is Bottled Up by Steve Mnuchin
The terms imposed by Trump’s Treasury secretary keep hundreds of billions from reaching Main Street businesses and state and local governments.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Student Loan Giant Navient Reaps Backdoor Federal Reserve Subsidy
Securities based on the student loans Navient owns are eligible for purchase through a Fed rescue program. Already $218 million has been scooped up.
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Fiscal Follies in the Biden Campaign
Today on TAP: Biden shouldn’t listen to the usual deficit hawks
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Unsanitized: The Fed Can Still Save State and Local Governments
Plus, more postal turmoil. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for August 13, 2020.
