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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( ARRA) ( Pub. L. 111–5 (text) (PDF) ), nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009. Developed in response to the Great Recession, the primary objective of this federal statute was to save ...
In June 2009, dissatisfied with the pace of economic stimulus, Obama called on his cabinet to accelerate the investment. [45] By late 2013, the Federal Government had disposed of (re-privatized) all of its investments in Chrysler and GM. As of late 2016, taxpayers had recovered $71 billion of the $80 billion invested in the automobile industry. [2]
In the end the economy grew in 2009 by 0.1% and in 2010 by 14.5%. [180] [181] [182] January 20–26, 2009: The 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests intensified and the Icelandic government collapsed. [183] February 13, 2009: Congress approved the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a $787 billion economic stimulus package ...
According to a new survey of economists, an economic recovery from the United States' worst recession in more than a generation has begun, jump-started by the Obama administration's $787 billion ...
Speaking in Cleveland, President Barack Obama offered more details of his plan to get the nation's economic recovery back in gear. Facing polling data that shows his Democratic party may lose one ...
Roughly 300 days in to his presidency, President Barack Obama, who campaigned that he would be the nation's first "post-partisan" president of the modern era, has lately exhibited decidedly ...
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 ( Pub. L. 110–185 (text) (PDF), 122 Stat. 613, enacted February 13, 2008) was an Act of Congress providing for several kinds of economic stimuli intended to boost the United States economy in 2008 and to avert a recession, or ameliorate economic conditions.
2008–2009 Keynesian resurgence. Following the global 2007–2008 financial crisis, there was a worldwide resurgence of interest in Keynesian economics among prominent economists and policy makers. This included discussions and implementation of economic policies in accordance with the recommendations made by John Maynard Keynes in response to ...