{
  "id": 19438702,
  "title": "New study shows COVID value-added tax cut significantly boosted private consumption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/new-study-shows-covid-value-added-tax-cut-significantly-boosted",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T03:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-covid-added-tax-significantly-boosted.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In summer 2020, the German federal government lowered value-added tax from 19% to 16% for half a year as part of its COVID economic stimulus package. A new study, recently published in the journal Review of Economic Studies, uses survey data, data on retail purchases and an economic model to show the extent to which this measure influenced private consumption. The study found that lower-wealth…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Fossil fuel emissions set to fall for first time since Covid, research shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/fossil-fuel-emissions-set-to-fall-for-first-time-since-covid-research",
        "published": "2026-11-10T08:25:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}