The United States President-elect, Joe Biden, ahead of his swearing-in, has introduced details of his planned stimulus programme to bolster the US weakening economy.
According to a detailed analysis by Deloitte’s team of economists, Biden has offered to use two plans to address the country’s current economic situation.
The first is meant to address the immediate issues of household financial security, small business security, virus suppression, vaccine distribution, and state and local government finances.
While the second plan, to be introduced early in his term, would address longer-term issues, such as infrastructure, climate change, promoting manufacturing, and boosting worker productivity through investments in innovation.
Biden was also said to have noted that many respected institutions, which normally counsel against deficits, had proposed massive fiscal support for major economies including the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve, and numerous private-sector financial institutions.
There is a $1.9tn in addition to the roughly $4tn already allocated by the government that would over a two-year period amount to roughly 15 per cent of gross domestic product, according to the analysis.
It indicated that the proposed spending would involve an additional $1,400 in stimulus money for most individuals, extension and expansion of unemployment insurance, expanded support for poor households through better food and housing security, money for testing and tracing, money for vaccine distribution, money for small businesses, money for state and local governments, and money to fund a quick reopening of schools for young children.
