The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic and public health crisis, but also an unparalleled response. Already, policymakers have approved trillions of dollars of spending, tax cuts, loans, grants, subsidies, and other measures through legislation, executive action, and the Federal Reserve.
Below is our analysis of enacted legislation and proposals, the economic situation, and tracking COVID-relief dollars as they are spent.
COVID Money Tracker Analysis:
- Update: COVID-Related State & Local Aid Will Total $280 Billion (10/15/2020)
- COVID Relief Includes $360 Billion of State and Local Aid (9/16/2020)
- $2.2 of $4 Trillion in Fiscal Relief is Out the Door (9/10/2020)
- How Much COVID Relief Have Public and Private Schools Received? (9/1/2020)
- $412 Billion in COVID Funds Are Earmarked for the Health Industry (8/27/2020)
- Welcome to the New COVID Money Tracker (8/17/2020)
- How Much COVID Relief Has Been Spent So Far? (8/17/2020)
- How Much Have States Spent from the Coronavirus Relief Fund? (8/6/2020)
- A July Update on the Paycheck Protection Program (7/10/2020)
- How Does COVID Relief Compare to Great Recession Stimulus? (7/1/2020)
- Over Half the COVID Fiscal Support is Now Out the Door (6/11/2020)
- An Update on the Paycheck Protection Program (5/28/2020)
- 75% of Economic Impact Payments Have Been Paid So Far (5/15/2010)
- Fed Mortgage-Backed Security Purchases Reached a New Record (5/15/2020)
- COVID Response: How Much Money Has Been Made Available So Far? (5/12/2020)
- Is the Fed Buying Our New Debt? (5/11/2020)
- COVID Money Tracker: Paycheck Protection Program (4/30/2020)
- COVID Money Tracker: Airline Worker Support (4/29/2020)
- The COVID-19 Recession Is Unfolding Faster than the Great Recession – and So Is the Response (4/21/2020)
Summaries of Enacted Legislation:
- Summaries of Minor Legislation (last bill enacted 7/13/2020)
- Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Signed Into Law (6/8/2020)
- What's in the Fourth Coronavirus Package? (4/22/2020)
- What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package? (Updated 4/21/2020)
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion (4/6/2020)
- A Visualization of the CARES Act (3/27/2020)
- Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus (3/4/2020)
Analysis and Estimates of Proposals:
- How Much Would President Trump's Executive Orders Cost? (8/8/2020)
- Comparing the Heroes and HEALS Acts (8/7/2020)
- What's in the $1.1 Trillion HEALS Act? (7/29/2020)
- What's in the $3 Trillion HEROES Act? (5/27/2020)
- Bernie Sanders's Coronavirus Relief Package (4/7/2020)
- How Much Would Sending People Checks Cost? (3/19/2020)
- How Much Would Suspending the Payroll Tax Cost? (3/11/2020)
Economic and Fiscal Projections:
- Did GDP Fall by One-Third? (7/30/2020)
- Income Has Risen Through the COVID Recession But That May Soon Change (7/20/2020)
- How Big Should the Next COVID Package Be? (7/15/2020)
- CBO Releases New Economic Projections (7/2/2020)
- Updated Budget Projections Show Fiscal Toll of COVID-19 Pandemic (6/24/2020)
- New Projections: Debt Will Exceed the Size of the Economy This Year (4/13/2020)
- CBO Releases Interim Economic Projections (5/20/2020)
- CBO Updates Economic Baseline in Wake of COVID-19 (4/2/2020)
Press Releases and Op-Eds:
- Maya MacGuineas Testifies at Senate COVID-19 Fiscal Oversight Hearing (7/28/2020)
- Maya MacGuineas Joins C-SPAN to Discuss Tax Policy and Coronavirus Relief (7/14/2020)
- COVID Money Tracker Launches to Enhance Transparency (4/20/2020)
Webinars and Chartbooks:
- Follow the Money: Tracking COVID (8/20/2020)
- Webinar & Chartbook: Where Does the Next Phase of COVID Relief Stand? (8/4/2020)
- Webinar & Chartbook: What's the Status of Covid Relief Money? (6/2/2020)
- Chartbook: The COVID-19 Crisis and Federal Response (5/22/2020)
- The $6 Trillion Dollar Question – Who Will Buy Our Debts? (5/8/2020)
- Unpacking the Next Phase of COVID Relief (4/21/20)
- Everything You Wanted to Know About the Coronavirus Relief Package (4/6/2020)