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Tips for unemployment recipients

Financial professional Cameron McCarty advises what you should do with your extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The CARES Act gives an extra $600 a week to those receiving unemployment benefits. University of Chicago researchers looked at the numbers and found 68% of jobless workers are now bringing home more money than they did on the job. 

Financial professional and President of Vivid Tax Advisory Services, Cameron McCarty, is joining us on Good Morning Iowa now with some tips on what to do with that money if you are unemployed.

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