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Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting. We thank the staff of the Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys at the Bureau of Labor Statistics for their work in getting the economic stimulus payment questions added to the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Parker thanks the Zell Center at the Kellogg School of Management for funding. The views expressed in this research, including those related to statistical, methodological, technical, or operational issues, are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official positions or policies of the U.S. Census Bureau or the Congressional Budget Office, or the views of other staff members. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily correspond to those of the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications