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Homebase partners with journalists, academics, and other organizations to provide data and advocacy for small business.

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Press coverage

  • Inc. Magazine

    December 3, 2020

    Homebase Best in Business 2020 Winner

    Homebase won a 2020 Inc. Magazine Best In Business Gold Medal award for our support of small businesses and workers during the pandemic.

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  • Business Insider

    August 23, 2020

    How a small-business software company became one of the most accurate forecasters of the pandemic recession

    In March, as the coronavirus pandemic hit and led to sweeping shelter-in-place orders across the US, Homebase made a discovery.

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  • CNN Business

    October 1, 2020

    Tracking America's recovery

    This dashboard of 17 charts shows how the economy continues to change as we grapple with life during the pandemic.

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  • CNBC Squawk Box

    June 19, 2020

    Businesses remain cautious despite promising new economic data

    Wall Street wants to see evidence of a pickup in economic activity to better gauge the pace of the recovery.

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  • The Wall Street Journal

    June 13, 2020

    Signs of a V-Shaped Early-Stage Economic Recovery Emerge

    After bottoming out in April, economic activity has continued to rise into early June.

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  • Reuters

    May 14, 2020

    Data trackers show U.S. retail traffic edging up

    Traffic to U.S. retail stores ticked up last week and hours worked at a sample of small businesses increased as the country’s patchwork reopening continued.

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  • The New York Times

    May 9, 2020

    As Job Losses Mount, Lawmakers Face a Make-or-Break Moment

    The United States just lost 20 million jobs. The wrong federal response could make those layoffs a permanent fixture of the U.S. economy and sentence thousands of companies to bankruptcy.

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  • The Atlantic

    March 20, 2020

    This Is Not a Recession. It’s an Ice Age.

    No one alive has experienced an economic plunge this sudden.

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Academic partnerships

  • Harvard & Brown

    October 1, 2020

    Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker

    Track the economic impacts of COVID-19 on people, businesses, and communities across the United States in real time.

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  • Yale

    June 22, 2020

    Study shows pandemic’s impact on hours worked in U.S. small businesses

    A new study by Yale economists details the drastic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. small businesses and the hourly workers they employ.

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  • Wharton

    July 27, 2020

    Penn Wharton Budget Model COVID-19 Tracker

    The Penn Wharton Budget Model COVID-19 Tracker provides daily, real-time estimates of economic activity and of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic at the state level.

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  • University of Chicago

    September 2, 2020

    Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 on Businesses

    Analysis of the labor market impacts of COVID-19 on small- and medium-sized businesses using Homebase time-card records.

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  • UC Berkeley

    April 8, 2020

    Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 on Hourly Workers in Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses

    Four Facts from Homebase Data

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Economic and policy partnerships

  • The Federal Reserve Board of Governors

    June 12, 2020

    Monetary Policy Report to Congress

    Recent Economic and Financial Developments of the Monetary Policy Report submitted to the Congress on June 12, 2020, pursuant to section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act.

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  • The St. Louis Fed

    August 19, 2020

    James Bullard on the Fed’s policy review, FSOC and forecasting jobs data

    St Louis Fed president discusses his concerns as well as the unexpected success in using Homebase data to predict highly volatile US job numbers.

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  • The St. Louis Fed

    June 9, 2020

    Reading the Labor Market in Real Time

    The coronavirus pandemic has shaken labor markets, leading to unprecedented job losses in March and April.

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  • The Richmond Fed

    May 26, 2020

    The Effects of Expiring Stay-at-Home Orders and the Shape of the Recovery

    Does the expiration of state stay-at-home orders — issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — facilitate economic recovery in a substantial way?

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  • The Dallas Fed

    May 21, 2020

    Dallas Fed Mobility and Engagement Index Gives Insight into COVID-19’s Economic Impact

    Forecasts of output and employment are crucial for assessing appropriate monetary, fiscal and health policy responses.

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  • The Comptroller of Texas

    May 1, 2020

    Recessions and Revenues: Perspective on the Downturn

    Public health measures implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19 have caused a sharp contraction in economic activity. Today, we’re in the initial stages of a recession.

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Read more from Homebase

In addition to working with press, academics, and policy makers, we make our data and insights available to anyone with an interest in supporting small businesses.

Real-time coronavirus impact data site

We’re sharing our data publicly, so governments and communities can support the people who are most impacted.

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COVID-19 back-to-business toolkit

Real-time data and expert guides to help small businesses plan, adapt, and get back to business.

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Local business tips and tricks on our blog

Resources for running a small business, from operations to people management to compliance.

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