White House Adviser Kudlow Expects $600 Unemployment Checks to Stop in July

Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow speaks to reporters inside the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House on Feb. 13, 2020. Tom Brenner/Reuters

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said extra weekly unemployment insurance payments are expected to end in July, saying it decreases the incentive for people to start working again.

The extra $600 per week was included in the $2.2 trillion CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, which was passed in March to offset economic losses incurred during the CCP virus pandemic lockdown.