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A 24-year-old man mistakenly received an entire Japanese town's COVID-19 relief money. He kept the cash and disappeared.
The man, who had only moved into the town of Abu in October 2020, was erroneously given around $359…
Matthew Loh
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75% of Americans support Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill despite outcries from GOP lawmakers, a new poll finds
Republicans called out Biden's COVID-19 bill for a lack of bipartisanship, but a new poll shows tha…
Madison Hall
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The IMF has approved a $650 billion Covid-19 aid package, mainly going to rich countries - but it's urging them to share
The aid is the IMF's biggest-ever distribution of reserves and is meant to support countries strugg…
Sophie Kiderlin
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Tired of waiting for help, some states have begun passing their own COVID-19 aid
Critics argue the success of these individual relief bills undermines calls for significant state a…
Erin Snodgrass
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Global stocks rise after the House passes Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package and fears of inflation subside
A chief investment officer called the relief package "one of the most far-reaching federal relief e…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Goldman Sachs boosts US GDP forecast to 6.8% in 2021 and now expects $1.5 trillion in COVID-19 stimulus
The bank is expecting President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package to reach $1.5 trillion, up from…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Here's a breakup of Narendra Modi's ₹20 lakh crore stimulus— RBI measures make up for nearly half of it
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on May 18 announced the last tranche of the ₹20 lakh crore At…
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As another stimulus package hangs in the balance, some programs like unemployment benefits are set to expire by the end of March
The current package includes $1,400 stimulus checks, $400 payments in federal unemployment benefits…
Lauren Frias
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Bernie Sanders is 'confident' that the $15 minimum wage will remain in COVID-19 relief package
"Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is not 'incidental' to the federal budget and is permissib…
John L. Dorman
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World Bank slashes global growth forecast due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and preps a relief package bigger than its COVID-19 funding
"Sixty percent of low-income countries are already in debt distress or at high risk of it," World B…
Phil Rosen
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With federal stimulus payments unlikely, here are the 18 states giving money to residents in relief checks to combat inflation
With no public plans for federal stimulus checks, more than a dozen states instated their own relie…
Lauren Frias
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Nearly three dozen GOP mayors back Biden's COVID-19 relief package
"Whether your mayor is a Republican or a Democrat, revenues are down," said Oklahoma City Mayor Dav…
John L. Dorman
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Here's how Twitter users reacted to the prospect of $600 stimulus checks
Many called out how insufficient the $600 checks would be. "Is the next stimulus gonna be a Starbuc…
Inyoung Choi
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Bernie Sanders was initially 'hesitant' to work with Josh Hawley to push for stimulus checks: book
In December 2020, Sanders pushed for another $1,200 stimulus payment for Americans and was joined i…
John L. Dorman
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A GOP congressional candidate used Covid relief funds meant for his employees to pay for his car and political campaign
The candidate, who owns a small business in Idaho, told his employees they would get paid if they w…
Matthew Loh
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Pelosi and Mnuchin are 'narrowing their differences' on a stimulus package as the deadline for a deal looms
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will speak again on Tuesday to see if th…
Kate Duffy
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi clashed with CNN's Wolf Blitzer over why Democrats haven't accepted the Trump administration's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer
"I hope you'll ask the same question of Republicans about why they don't really want to meet the ne…
Lauren Frias
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Biden says the $15 minimum wage hike likely won't be part of the COVID-19 relief package
Biden said a Senate rule would likely block it, but that he would be open to negotiating an increme…
Kelsey Vlamis
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China's battered economy finally gets some relief as third-quarter growth numbers beat expectations
China's GDP expanded by a better-than-expected 4.9% last quarter, according to official figures rel…
George Glover
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The White House says Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package is the most 'progressive piece of legislation in history.' Top progressives agree.
"We take the win," Rep. Pramila Jayapal told reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday. "We believe it's …