Current：Home > InvestDid pandemic business support work? -GrowthInsight
Did pandemic business support work?
View
Date：2025-04-17 21:32:17
The U.S. launched the Paycheck Protection Program in April 2020 to save jobs and businesses from the worst effects of the pandemic. Today on the show, a post-mortem on the controversial program and whether it fulfilled its objective. Also, we hear from one company that voluntarily paid back its PPP loan — with interest — even though it could have qualified for forgiveness.
Related episodes:
Could cash payments ease recessions? (Apple / Spotify)
Small banks' corona crunch
The big small business rescue
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (2)
Related
- Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
- Today’s Climate: June 11, 2010
- Merck sues U.S. government over plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, claiming extortion
- Katy Perry Upgrades Her California Gurl Style at King Charles III’s Coronation
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Ten States Aim for Offshore Wind Boom in Alliance with Interior Department
- Family Dollar recalls Colgate products that were improperly stored
- 4 ways the world messed up its pandemic response — and 3 fixes to do better next time
- Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
- Sea Level Rise Is Creeping into Coastal Cities. Saving Them Won’t Be Cheap.
Ranking
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- 2015: The Year the Environmental Movement Knocked Out Keystone XL
- How to stop stewing about something you've taken (a little too) personally
- 2017 One of Hottest Years on Record, and Without El Niño
- Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
- Zoey the Lab mix breaks record for longest tongue on a living dog — and it's longer than a soda can
- Andrew Parker Bowles Supports Ex-wife Queen Camilla at Her and King Charles III's Coronation
- Bow Down to These Dazzling Facts About the Crown Jewels
Recommendation
Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
Polar Ice Is Disappearing, Setting Off Climate Alarms
Musicians are back on the road, but every day is a gamble
A boil-water notice has been lifted in Jackson, Miss., after nearly 7 weeks
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
Recalled Boppy baby lounger now linked to at least 10 infant deaths
They were turned away from urgent care. The reason? Their car insurance
Microsoft to pay $20 million over FTC charges surrounding kids' data collection