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The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced politics around the world; it affected the governing and political systems of multiple countries, reflected in states of emergency, [1] suspensions of legislative activities, isolation or deaths of multiple politicians and reschedulings of elections due to fears of spreading the virus.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and President Trump enacted the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) on March 18, 2020. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2020 would increase to $3.3 trillion or 16% GDP, more than triple that of 2019 and the largest ...
On January 22, 2021, Biden released an executive order addressing the economic crisis due to COVID-19. [ 187 ] Biden voiced support for $600 extra weekly unemployment benefits, increasing Social Security checks by $200 monthly, federally funded COBRA insurance for those who have lost their jobs during the pandemic, paid sick leave, as well as ...
On the other side of the political spectrum, 95% of Republicans support at least one of the party's core principles: prioritizing the economy over all other issues, vigilance over inflation, tax ...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused far-reaching economic consequences [1] including the COVID-19 recession, the second largest global recession in recent history, [2] decreased business in the services sector during the COVID-19 lockdowns, [3] the 2020 stock market crash (which included the largest single-week stock market decline since the financial ...
The most visible effect of COVID-19 on the U.S. economy showed up in the abrupt rise in the unemployment rate. In February 2020, before the pandemic hit the economy, the U.S. unemployment rate sat ...
The economic policy of the Joe Biden administration, colloquially known as Bidenomics (a portmanteau of Biden and economics), is characterized by relief measures and vaccination efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic, investments in infrastructure, and strengthening the social safety net, funded by tax increases on higher-income individuals and corporations.
In a recent interview, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban shared his unedited thoughts on how the outcome of the American presidential election might affect business in this country. According to...