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Press coverage

Inc. Magazine
December 03, 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 01, 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 09, 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 01, 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 02, 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 08, 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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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
October 01, 2020

Monthly Labor Review

Employment changes by employer size during the COVID-19 pandemic: a look at the Current Employment Statistics survey microdata.
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The St. Louis Fed
June 09, 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 Chicago Fed
May 01, 2020

The Stay-at-Home Labor Market

Google Searches, Unemployment Insurance, and Public Health Orders
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The Comptroller of Texas
May 01, 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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