From CNN December 07, 2020 Matt Egan Harris Public Policy Professor Bruce MeyerHarris Public Policy Professor Bruce Meyer was featured on CNN Business discussing the need for COVID-19 stimulus checks for low income Americans. "If not for the stimulus checks, the US poverty rate would have been 1.1 percentage points higher in June." "That translates to more than 3.3 million Americans who were kept out of poverty. In fact, the poverty rate dropped in the first few months of the pandemic – despite the millions of people suddenly out of work," Meyer said. "It could have been a lot worse. And it's going to get worse if we don't have another stimulus package." Full coverage on CNN Business. Upcoming Events More events Harris Campus Visit Wed., July 10, 2024 | 10:00 AM Keller Center 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States Harris Evening Master's Program Information Session Wed., July 10, 2024 | 12:00 PM Harris Summer Mixer in Washington, DC: Cultivating Policy Connections Wed., July 10, 2024 | 5:00 PM Office of Federal Relations Rooftop 1730 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 United States