The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will deliver a 2% boost to US construction activity over the next two years, about five times...
US | Biden’s American Jobs Plan will provide a structural lift
Posted by Gregory Daco on Apr 20, 2021
After spending over $5tn in cumulative cyclical fiscal relief, Congress is now contemplating President Joe Biden’s structural stimulus package worth...
US | Economy to experience strongest growth since 1984
Posted by Gregory Daco on Mar 3, 2021
A year ago, the US economy plunged into the deepest and fastest economic contraction since WWII. This year, improving health conditions, expanding...
US | Stimulus may heat up the economy, but won’t burn it
Posted by Gregory Daco on Feb 11, 2021
The debate around the economy’s need for Biden’s $1.9tn American Rescue Plan (ARP) is heating up. A few prominent economists recently argued that...