Economy

Plan includes $748 billion in non-retroactive jobless benefits and a second round of Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses.

Fed's presence is distorting markets, squelching volatility, supporting stock price growth, and curbing Treasury yields at levels that do not reflect market sentiment.

Republican plan includes $333 billion in spending on business subsidies, including a revised version of the PPP.

2020 bankruptcies were already at their highest level since 2009, and analysts think a bigger wave is on the horizon.

Many fret that capital is being routed to businesses that will underinvest in growth for years, even if they recover enough to fully pay the interest on their debt.

How the end of federal aid programs will impact the economic recovery remains to be seen.