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Mnuchin: Another round of stimulus payments could hit bank accounts this month if deal is reached
Read full article: Mnuchin: Another round of stimulus payments could hit bank accounts this month if deal is reachedJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Another round of $1,200 stimulus payments, federal unemployment relief and protection against evictions are some of the issues lawmakers are negotiating as part of the next federal stimulus package. Lydia Jones said every dollar from the unemployment checks she has received since losing her job in March has been accounted for. That extra $600 that she relied on from the federal government has ended. But studies show between 40% and 68% of people receiving unemployment benefits were making more with the extra $600 every two weeks than they were previously at work. Mnuchin has said another round of $1,200 stimulus payments could hit people’s bank accounts this month if a deal is reached.