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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeak: Shutdown will shrink GDP by 0.1% every week
The estimate was not intended to become public. It was just leaked.
Their previous estimate was 0.1% every two weeks.
"The Trump administration now estimates that the cost of the government shutdown will be twice as steep as originally forecast.
The original estimate that the partial shutdown would subtract 0.1 percentage point from growth every two weeks has now been doubled to a 0.1 percentage point subtraction every week, according to an official who asked not to be named."
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/15/source-white-house-believes-shutdown-will-be-twice-as-costly.html
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)So hang on,this one will push the 100 billion.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)Well, actually they're attempting to destroy us, rather than govern.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Said this before,there are Billionaire Donors who want the Contract for the TSA as well as the Air Traffic controllers.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)I think they're so bold they even want privatized national defense, now.