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The Better Business Bureau is warning Americans of potential scams as the stimulus checks in the third round of relief payments are set to start hitting bank accounts this weekend.

As some people still wait for their third stimulus check, there could be a way to claim your first or second payment if you didn’t receive it or the full amount.

As Washington negotiates a third stimulus check as part of the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, people are already trying to calculate how much they might receive.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the Goldilocks consumer. Defying high inflation and sharp interest rate hikes, Americans keep spending — a trend that, if sustained, could keep the economy humming just enough to help avoid a much-predicted recession. At the same time, surveys show that consumers on average don’t expect today’s still-high inflation to last […]

More money coming? A powerful congressional committee is calling for additional rounds of economic relief for families still struggling.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRPROUD) – On Thursday, April 22, multiple agencies including the U.S. Department of the Treasury let it be known that the sixth batch of Economic Impact Payments was on the way. This batch of stimulus checks includes almost 2 million payments as part of the American Rescue Plan. It has been over 40 […]

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan, but many Americans are still waiting on their third stimulus check.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers stepped up their hiring in October, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown. Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate fell to 4.6% last month, from 4.8% in September. That […]

The tax filing deadline is back to April 15 this year.

The Biden Administration is stopping short of shooting down hopes of a fourth stimulus check, but signaled Thursday that the president is focused on “putting people back to work” rather than short-term relief.

As stimulus checks were set to hit bank accounts Wednesday, Wells Fargo users are experiencing outages across the nation.