eleven-billion-Dollar has weakened to the Shutdown of the US economy so far – he is almost twice as expensive as the Trump required wall. A large part of the loss is likely to be caught up again.
The partial standstill of the US Federal government has according to an estimate by the independent budget auditor devoured eleven billion dollars in economic output. The majority of this could be in the course of the year, compensated, according to a report by the cross-party working budget office of the Congress. Three billion dollars were lost in any case. The office performs cost calculations for major societal decisions in the United States.
The loss is almost twice as high as the sum of 5.7 billion dollars, the President, Donald Trump for his wall on the border to Mexico required. The dispute over the wall has triggered the longest Etatblockade US history.
According to the estimate of the budget office, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter to about three billion dollars lower than it would have been possible without the financial blockade for the Federal authorities. In the first quarter, the GDP was reduced accordingly, to about eight billion dollars.
