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Stimulus Checks: Did They Actually Work?

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Jordan Park works for the CEA, and you work out the multiplier under three MPC assumptions, project how much demand a $402 billion check round could add under each one, tally what a family of four collected across three stimulus rounds, then judge whether the 2020 checks paid for themselves.

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