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RandySF

(57,612 posts)
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:01 AM Jan 2019

US economy lost at least $6 billion during shutdown, S&P says

The U.S. economy lost at least $6 billion during the record-long partial government shutdown, S&P Global Ratings said Friday.

The economic hit stems from a loss of productivity and and economic activity lost to outside business during the shutdown, which ended on its 35th day on Friday, Reuters reported.

Nearly 800,000 federal employees were furloughed or working without pay during the shutdown.


https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427085-us-economy-lost-at-least-6-billion-during-shutdown-sp-says

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US economy lost at least $6 billion during shutdown, S&P says (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2019 OP
We can't afford the wall now because we're using that money to pay for the shutdown struggle4progress Jan 2019 #1
Kind of light on the numbers me thinks. Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #2
Good point. Blue_true Jan 2019 #4
Someone on Bloomberg was going Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #5
Good for Puppetrumputin & moscow mitch. Cha Jan 2019 #3
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. Kind of light on the numbers me thinks.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:24 AM
Jan 2019

Be guess is a Billion a day. But then we will never know. Trump and his stooges will pick some number that suits them and that will be it.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
4. Good point.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:33 AM
Jan 2019

I can't see how the Ted Cruz shutdown in 2013 cost $24 billion plus and the Trump shutdown, which was much longer, cost only $6 billion. Someone is cooking books.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Someone on Bloomberg was going
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:37 AM
Jan 2019

closer to 50 if it ran a month. The Cruz shut down was 21 days and the 24 number came some months later and that was from a honest Government.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
3. Good for Puppetrumputin & moscow mitch.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:26 AM
Jan 2019

This should be in campaign ads against #trumpShutDowns.

Poor Smithsonian

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