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Fiscal stimulus hangs in the balance

A week later, it is still unclear whether President Donald Trump’s executive orders on unemployment benefits and payroll taxes will provide any meaningful fiscal stimulus during the second half of this year. With congressional talks deadlocked, the odds of a genuine stimulus being enacted ahead of the election are falling.

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