If the shutdown extends into a second month, then damage starts to accumulate pretty quickly," said Mark Zandi, chief ...
Past government shutdowns have been little more than speedbumps to economic growth, but the longer this one drags on, the ...
Government shutdowns can slow GDP, delay pay, hurt local economies and contractors, disrupt programs, and weigh on consumer ...
Federal workers missing paychecks, risks to SNAP benefits and companies waiting on permits are creating dangerous economic ...
A lengthy government shutdown would only complicate the employment picture and possibly further erode consumer confidence.
If we don’t know what the quality of the data will be. Well, that’s uncertainty. That’s risky,” says Columbia finance ...
One estimate from Oxford Economics said a shutdown reduces economic growth by 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points per week. A ...
The national debt is rising faster than ever and threatens to undermine confidence in the economy, experts warn.
As economic issues take center stage, declines in public confidence could influence the electoral landscape heading into 2026 ...
Each week of the ongoing government shutdown could cost the economy $7 billion and reduce GDP growth by 0.1 percentage points ...
The latest biweekly reading of the Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) decreased by 0.1 points from 34.4 to ...
Public finance expert Linda Bilmes says the “arbitrariness” of who gets paid and who doesn’t during shutdowns exposes the ...