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Jeremy Ashe

Jeremy Ashe is a 2021 summer intern with the Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy.

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US households saved their COVID-19 economic impact payments during the pandemic

Census Data Shows Households Saved Economic Impact Payments

In 2020 and 2021, Congress enacted three rounds of economic impact payments (EIPs) for direct relief to households amidst the pandemic-induced downturn. Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that households increasingly saved their EIPs or used them to pay down debt rather than spend them.

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