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Council of Economic Advisors: Economic Impact of American Recovery Act

Council of Economic Advisors: Economic Impact of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – First Quarterly Report, September 10, 2009.

  • “Among the key finding of the study are: As of the end of August, $151.4 billion of the original $787 billion has been outlaid or has gone to American taxpayers and businesses in the form of tax reductions. An additional $128.2 billion has been obligated, which means that the money is available to recipients once they make expenditures. The areas where stimulus has been largest in the first six months are individual tax cuts, state fiscal relief, and aid to those most directly hurt by the recession. That recovery funds have gone out rapidly certainly increases the probability that the Act has been effective in its first six months…”
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