The global pandemic and economic crisis continue to impact workers and, consequently, our UI system. Unfortunately, federal and state politics have gotten in the way of the financial relief that is desperately needed by American families and essential to the economic recovery. Read about BPC’s proposal to continue supporting displaced workers and provide funding to modernize state UI systems.

Our proposal was accompanied by a digital event on September 16, “Unemployment Insurance: A System That Works for Economic Recovery,” that discussed the role of UI in the country’s next phase of economic recovery and how to address the administrative challenges brought to light by the pandemic.

BPC and Yahoo Finance teamed up for a series of conversations leading up to the November election, with perspectives from both the right and the left, focused on critical economic policy issues facing the nation.

Mattie Duppler and Betsey Stevenson, in a conversation moderated by Kristin Myers, discussed stalled efforts on Capitol Hill to pass further coronavirus legislation.

Moderated by Rick Newman, Jason Furman and Doug Holtz-Eakin provided insight into the two parties’ tax policy priorities.

With the economic downturn hitting women especially hard, Yahoo Finance and the Funding Our Future campaign co-hosted an event with personal finance experts to provide resources and tools for women as they look to recover from the recession and focus on their financial futures.

Sign up for updates from the Funding Our Future campaign, or email Kara Watkins at [email protected] to hear how your organization can get involved.

The federal government ran a deficit of $3.1 trillion in fiscal year 2020, more than triple the deficit for FY2019. This year’s deficit amounted to 15.2% of gross domestic product, the greatest deficit as a share of the economy since 1945.