Mateusz Kaczmarek

The IRS and Congress insist no new federal stimulus checks are coming in late 2025 ts2.tech ts2.tech. Viral claims of one-time $1,390, $1,702 or $2,000 payments this October are bogus ts2.tech ts2.tech. President Trump’s talk of a “tariff rebate” check of $1,000–$2,000 per person is only a proposal, with no law passed authorizing it ts2.tech hindustantimes.com. In fact, the only “COVID” stimulus money moving now is the IRS wrapping up the last $1,400 pandemic rebates to about 1 million people who missed claiming their 2021 credit kiplinger.com – these are unclaimed rebates from past programs, not new checks. Instead, several states are issuing one-time tax or inflation-relief payments this fall, but these are state programs, not federal stimulus ts2.tech. Meanwhile, despite political gridlock, Wall Street has rallied: the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq have hit record highs, buoyed by expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts and a surge in tech investment ts2.tech swissinfo.ch. The Dow climbed above 46,500 in early October ts2.tech, and gold hit an all-time high near $3,900/oz ts2.tech, as investors “shrug off” the shutdown ts2.tech. Economists expect U.S. growth of roughly 1.8% in 2025 with inflation easing only slowly, and most forecast at most one more