Automatic stabilizers are a key factor in easing the consequences of negative economic shocks. What are automatic stabilizers and how do they work? In an earlier post on this topic, Social Insurance ...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday endorsed an idea that many Democratic lawmakers have been pushing: to use so-called automatic stabilizers to keep critical coronavirus relief programs running without ...

The Importance of Automatic Stabilizers in the Next Recession This column explains the role that automatic stabilizers play in U.S. fiscal policy and provides a framework for examining their ...

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The idea of a fourth stimulus payment is more topical than ever, as the final checks from the third payment – passed as part of the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan Act in March 2020 – are ...