Yesterday, President Donald Trump' economic advisers more than doubled their estimate of the damage to the U.S. economy by the shutdown of parts of the U.S. government affecting some 800,000 federal workers. The Council of Economic Advisers now calculates the shutdown cuts quarterly GDP growth by 0.13 percentage points for every week it lasts, CEA […]


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