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Trump’s payroll-tax executive order could boost the stock market

August 11, 2020

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After Republicans and Democrats reached a stalemate in Congress, President Trump issued an executive order from his golf club in New Jersey and signed other memorandums. The executive order called for a payroll-tax deferral. The payroll tax pays for Social Security and Medicare.

This column is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis but is limited to the impact of the deferral on the stock market.

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