Geek's Number Talk: Santa Clara County Q1 sales were voluminous!

Without really digging into this graph, you wouldn’t even know we had a global pandemic, civil unrest, and an economic shutdown across multiple industries.

But as you can see, Q4 2020 sales volume far exceeded past performance, and Q1 2021 came in a whopping 45% up from a year prior.

We’ll see what this means for Q2, which accounts for most of the spikes in this graph — at least until 2020.

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Geek's Number Talk: The American Rescue Act and You

According to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, an independent think tank, the American Rescue Act signed into law last week by President Biden will generate a 3.8% increase in 2021 income for the average American tax filer, which translates to roughly $3,060. Check The Balance for more about what this could mean for you.