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Dear Quentin, I’m confused. My parents claimed me on their 2019 taxes (which was fine and agreed upon). However, I got married and filed my own 2020 taxes. When the third stimulus checks were released, my parents had not filed their 2020 taxes yet, so they received stimulus money for …

The $ 1.9 billion stimulus package recently passed by the U.S. Congress won’t spur persistently higher inflation, said Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida on Thursday. The Fed and other forecasts “do not see this package — over a three-to-five year period — as putting undesirable upward pressure on inflation,” …

Dear Quentin, My husband received a text from his ex-wife demanding part of the latest stimulus check for their two children. My husband received their stimulus checks for their boys because in their divorce settlement he was granted the ability to claim both boys as dependents on his taxes for …

Starbucks Corp. SBUX, +2.68% was upgraded to buy from neutral at BTIG based on the upcoming benefits from restaurant reopenings and federal stimulus cash that will hit consumer bank accounts. BTIG maintained its $ 130 price target. Analysts note that the re-openings are “faster than expected,” and BTIG expects same-store …

Millions of people who received the first two stimulus checks could watch the third round happen without them — if the House of Representative passes the Senate’s version of a $ 1.9 trillion rescue package with tighter payout rules. But the tax code could supply some people on the cut-off …

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There was drama Friday in the Senate’s vote-a-rama. What Democrats had billed as the last step before Senate passage of the massive $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus economic package — a marathon series of rapid-fire amendment votes called vote-a-rama that was expected to last into Saturday — stalled out early, raising …

Personal-finance guru Dave Ramsey says people need a $ 1,000 emergency fund. He also says that if a $ 600 or $ 1,400 stimulus check would be a lifeline for you during the current pandemic state of emergency, “you were pretty much screwed already.” The radio host and author argued against …

Could Democrats be fighting the last war and wasting money on another $ 1.9 trillion economic relief package? Perhaps, if St. Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard is right. The Fed official thinks the economy is already set for a strong recovery in 2021. It’s possible U.S. economic growth could …