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Special Briefing: COVID-19, Unemployment, and State and Local Fiscal Consequences
June 25, 2020
11:00 am
Livestream
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Penn IUR and the Volcker Alliance will host an online briefing to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on unemployment, the deterioration of the finances and credit outlooks of states and localities, and the role of further federal assistance and loans to governments, companies, and individuals.
Moderated by William Glasgall, Senior Vice President and Director of State and Local Initiatives, Volcker Alliance, and Penn IUR Co-Director Susan Wachter, this briefing will be the eleventh in a series of 60-minute online conversations featuring experts from the Volcker Alliance’s national research network and Penn IUR, along with other leading academics, economists, and fiscal policy leaders from around the U.S.
This special briefing will feature presentations by Timothy J. Bartik, senior economist, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Marcia Van Wagner, Vice President-Senior Credit Officer, Public Finance Group, States Team, Moody's Investor Service; and Matt Fabian, Partner, Municipal Market Analytics.
