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As Economic Indicators Get Worse, the US Revs Up the Next Multi-Trillion Stimulus
The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing U.S.-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1 trillion to $3 trillion in stimulus.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:35 a.m. Published Jul 25, 2020, 2:00 p.m.
The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing U.S.-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1 trillion to $3 trillion in stimulus.
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This week on the Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW covers:
- A terrible week for U.S.-China tensions, with dueling consulate closures and a strikingly hawkish speech from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
- Worsening economic indicators, particularly around jobless claims which saw their first weekly rise in four months
- The likely size of the next U.S. stimulus bill
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | What Is GPT-3 and Should We Be Terrified?
Tuesday | What’s Behind the Fed’s New Push to Promote Inflation?
Wednesday | A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words
Thursday | Will Big Tech Enable or Destroy Small Business? Feat. Sahil Bloom
Friday | Could the European Recovery Plan Actually Break Europe Apart?
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