Saturday, October 17, 2020

Fed’s Kashkari warns that delaying stimulus will have ‘enormous consequences

 Many central bankers have been warning about not getting more stimulus to the U.S. economy, saying that the cost of doing nothing could be major. Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari is the latest. He went on to say that things can get much worse if we choose to not support the people that have lost their jobs then they cant pay their bills. This will create a domino effect in the economy. On last Tuesday the negotiation came to a halt thanks to Trump's tweet which called for a negotiation stand down by his party until after the election. He then had to correct his tweet to push funding more towards airlines. Thanks to the economies problem being caused by covid it has made congress a lot more willing to use public funds to support people in need. So far congress has approved 2 trillion dollars for funding and the fed has been slashing interest rates to help the economy as well.


Do you think another round of stimulus checks are desperately needed?


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/07/feds-kashkari-warns-delaying-stimulus-will-have-enormous-consequences-.html#:~:text=Fed's%20Kashkari%20warns%20that%20delaying%20stimulus%20will%20have%20'enormous%20consequences',-Published%20Wed%2C%20Oct&text=Minneapolis%20Fed%20President%20Neel%20Kashkari,is%20important%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said.

4 comments:

  1. I think another round of stimulus checks is needed. Maybe not the same magnitude of funding we have previously seen, but there is a clear need. These stimulus checks can help people and businesses get back on their feet. Also, certain industries like retail, airlines, cruise lines and more need a great deal of help to rebound from this downturn in the economy.

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  2. I dont not think another round of stimulus checks is needed. The point of a stimulus check is to stimulate the economy. I think if the goal is to help individual who lost their jobs, do some unemployment benefit. Add support for finding new jobs.

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  3. I think another round of stimulus will be needed. Not only will it help mitigate the drop in GDP in Q1 and Q2, but it will help out families and businesses that are barely scraping along. There should also be provisions in the stimulus bill that will prevent big corporations from using stimulus money for stock buy backs. The money should go to keeping workers.

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  4. I agree that another stimulus check is needed. This will help struggling businesses that have struggled amid the coronavirus.

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