How Likely Is Infrastructure Spending Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak?

Domestically, President Trump and Congress are showing interest in a large-scale infrastructure spending package to create jobs, while globally, a recent survey shows industry leaders are losing hope for increases in infrastructure spending

Apr 07, 2020 |

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced support for more infrastructure spending as a part of the next COVID-19 relief bill — in fact, it’s one of the few things Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump agree on. The president on Twitter recently said that “with interest rates for the United States being at zero, this is the time to do our decades-long awaited infrastructure bill,” calling for Congress to pass a $2 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure as Phase 4 of the nation’s coronavirus relief plan.Democratic lawmakers have put forth suggestions that the bill

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