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Sep 17, 2020 • 11 tweets • 8 min read
NEW THREAD: The impact of #COVID19 on #smallbiz has been catastrophic. According to 2 new analyses from @SHamiltonian and @HamiltonProj:
From mid-March to mid-May 2020, > 40% of all small businesses closed, causing revenues to drop 40% on average #COVIDEconomy
May 6, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
New Report: @Laurenlbauer finds that young children are experiencing unprecedented levels of food insecurity during #COVID19. Food insecurity has doubled for all households and more than quadrupled among children from 2018 levels: hamiltonproject.org/blog/the_covid…
In late April 2020, 22.7% of households reported not having sufficient resources to buy more food. In 2018, that number was 11.1%.