Catching Up and Coping in the COVID Economy

U.S. Economic and Public Health Context, 2020–2021

Source: Authors’ calculations using American Voices Project data; BLS (n.d.-c); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.).

Note: The bar on the left spans March and April of 2020 designating the recession. Weekly COVID deaths aggregated to months using the month corresponding to the first day of the week.