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 Reunion Weekend 2024 Fri., May 03, 2024 | 12:00 PM 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60613 United States Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM
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