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The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package

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  • Heather Boushey

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This policy proposal outlines a substantial economic stimulus package needed to address the recent downturn in the U.S. economy. This stimulus package details steps to create jobs, provide economic support and lessen the effects of a weakening economy.

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  • Heather Boushey, 2008. "The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2008-02, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
    • Handle: RePEc:epo:papers:2008-02
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    Keywords

    fiscal stimulus; housing bubble; recession;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H - Public Economics
    • E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada

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