Kent Smetters, Wharton Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy and Faculty Lead of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, joins Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to talk about the economic outlook with the new administration, and how the COVID-19 vaccine roll out will factor into economic recovery.
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Biden & Economic Recovery: What’s First on the Agenda
Breaking down the unemployment rate, stimulus checks, economic recovery and how the COVID vaccines will help the economy come back
January 20, 2021
• 11 min listen
Updated: January 21, 2021
Breaking down the unemployment rate, stimulus checks, economic recovery and how the COVID vaccines will help the economy come back
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