CLOSE Third stimulus check is in the COVID relief bill, who gets the $1400 stimulus check is settled, but the $1.9 trillion dollar bill isn’t quite law yet. USA TODAY WASHINGTON Tucked into the massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday was a provision aimed at benefiting…
Get weekly climate politics updates from Grist Subscribe to The First 100 On Wednesday, Congress passed one of the most sweeping relief programs for minority farmers in the nations history, through a provision of President Bidens pandemic stimulus bill. Although the landmark legislation, which would cancel $4 billion worth of debt, seemed to emerge out…
The regulations come into force on 4 May 2021 and establish protective periods, or breathing spaces under a debt respite scheme, during which creditors are prevented from carrying on certain activities in respect of breathing space debts. There is a standard, 60 day breathing space for people with problem debt and a mental health crisis…
Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence are spearheading calls for urgent action to help poorer countries recover from the economic ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, including measures to advance vaccine equity, debt relief, and bolstering fiscal resources for cash-strapped nations. The proposals were outlined in a new interim report released on Thursday the…
A 50-50 split MIRA and Aware will each own 50 per cent of Vocus Groups equity, in what appears to be a remarkable outcome for the deep pocketed Aware. The Australian superannuation giant was a late arrival to the party, only joining MIRA after it had gone to great lengths to convince Vocus Group to…
With Republicans complaining of discrimination against white farmers, the House passed a coronavirus relief bill on Wednesday that would provide an estimated $4 billion in debt relief for socially disadvantaged farmers. The financial assistance comes at the end of a generation-long campaign dating from the so-called Pigford settlement of 1999, in which the USDA acknowledged…
The tax relief is good only through January 2026, but lawmakers say it is a key step in canceling some of the $1.5 trillion in federal student loans held by 45 million Americans. Among the many concerns surrounding widespread forgiveness is whether debt relief would be subject to taxation, which could undermine the benefit to…
Things were looking shaky for Indonesia this time last year. Their exchange rate fell 20 percent from February to April. Their $410 billion of foreign debt swelled as their currency plunged. The collapse in tourism and fall in commodity prices meant the foreign exchange they normally used to finance those debts was evaporating. The sudden…
CLOSE The White House announces the US is making an additional 900,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available this week. White House press secretary Jen Psaki also says that President Joe Biden’s signature will not be on any relief checks, (March 9) AP Domestic WASHINGTON A warning for Americans who will receive $1,400 stimulus…
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