Claims about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends spread throughout 2025 — and they’re still circulating in 2026. But is there any truth to them?

When the U.S. began to shut down the wake of the onset of Covid-19, it meant millions of families were suddenly without the income they needed. Within weeks, Congress passed a massive emergency aid ...

A study by European Central Bank researchers finds that the euro area’s pandemic-era inflation surge was caused by a mix of energy shocks, supply disruptions, strong post-pandemic demand, and ...

A fresh round of government stimulus checks sent personal income up to its biggest monthly gain since April 2020 though inflation remained tame, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Personal ...

As the economy emerges from a crisis, macroeconomic policy confronts a dilemma: a protracted stimulus can foster a more inclusive labor market recovery, yet risks igniting inflation that ultimately ...

Certain folks would like to tell you that inflation is cured. And in some ways, if you track inflation by the Consumer Price Index, there is some truth to the thesis that the cost of living has ...

Since his second term began in 2025, President Donald Trump has exhibited a pattern of pledging to address a problem by sending stimulus checks to all Americans. But as one analyst documented, he has ...

Claims about new stimulus checks, IRS direct deposits, relief payments and tariff dividends circulated widely throughout 2025, and they’re still making the rounds in 2026. The question is whether any ...