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Stimulus checks and COVID optimism raise Biden’s approval rating to highest level yet

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Stimulus checks are being spent at an impressive clip: JPM

Stimulus checks in, stimulus checks out. Consumers are wasting no time spending their stimulus checks, new data out of J.P. Morgan Chase shows. Over the past seven days ending March 19 as more Americans have received their checks, spending on Chase cards skyrocketed 23.9% (see chart below). That’s up sharply from growth rates under 10% from January right on up to the latest round of stimulus payments. Some of the largest gains have come at supermarkets (8.2% increase in the last seven days)… Source link

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The 5 worst things people are doing with stimulus checks, Suze Orman says

The 5 worst things people are doing with stimulus checks, Suze Orman says More than 90 million American households have now received their third stimulus checks. The $1,400 checks, which are part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill, are expected to help recipients cover immediate household expenses and pay down debt. And given that many qualifying households are receiving additional checks for dependents — that is, children and non-working adults – a large number of… Source link

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Young investors are putting stimulus checks into stocks and bitcoin

(Photo: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The everything rally of the last several months may be getting a lift from an unexpected source: federal stimulus money. A new Yahoo Finance–Harris poll finds that 9% of people expecting to get a $1,400 stimulus check plan to invest some of the money in traditional assets such as stocks, while 7% plan to use the money to buy cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Young investors are even more willing to gamble. Among 18- to 24-year-olds, 19% plan… Source link

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Most Americans don’t need their stimulus checks right away

As $1,400 stimulus checks arrive in millions of American bank accounts, a lot of the money is likely to stay there for a while. A new Yahoo Finance–Harris Poll finds that 62% of Americans say they need more stimulus money to help pay for necessities, but only 41% expect to actually spend the money that way. The same set of respondents say they only spent 43% of the money they got from two prior rounds of stimulus, in January of this year and March of last year. So stimulus recipients may… Source link

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Nearly 10% of the $380 billion in stimulus checks may be used to buy bitcoin and stocks: survey

Bloomberg Biden Eyes First Major Tax Hike Since 1993 in Next Economic Plan (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for the long-term economic program designed as a follow-up to his pandemic-relief bill, according to people familiar with the matter.Unlike the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus act, the next initiative, which is expected to be even bigger, won’t rely just on government debt as a funding source. While it’s been… Source link

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Stimulus checks: $1,400 payments could come as early as this weekend – Yahoo Money

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$1,400 stimulus payments plus $300 monthly checks for parents in relief plan is ‘critical’: professor

The House of Representatives passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan on March 10. The legislation, called the American Rescue Plan, will head to the president’s desk for his signature on Friday in a final step before becoming law. While most Americans are focused on getting their $1,400 stimulus checks, it’s the extension of the child tax credit in the relief legislation that really stands out as revolutionary policy, according to Pamela Stone, professor of sociology at… Source link

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Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package including $1,400 stimulus checks

The Guardian Biden hails ‘giant step’ as Senate passes $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill Republican opposition holds through marathon ‘vote-a-rama’Speaker Pelosi has said measure should be law by 14 March Joe Biden makes remarks from the White House on Saturday. Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters Joe Biden hailed “one more giant step forward on delivering on that promise that help is on the way”, after Democrats took a critical step towards a first major legislative victory since assuming… Source link

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Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package including $1,400 stimulus checks

The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package on Saturday, sending the amended bill back for a vote in the House followed by the president signing the legislation. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 50-to-49 to pass the “American Rescue Plan” through reconciliation. Because some provisions were amended in the Senate, the legislation must go back to the House that passed an earlier version of it last week. Read more: Here’s what to do if you haven’t gotten your… Source link

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