As the economy begins to worsen Claudia Sahm (formerly director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth) proposes a new policy that provides American's with an automatic lump-sum stimulus payment when the three-month average national unemployment rate rises by at least .5 % compared to its low in the last year.

What kind of policy is this? Discuss the effects of this policy proposal if it was in place as the changes in (a) took place.