The American economy was 11 billion dollars (9.6 billion euros) kwijtgespeeld by the shutdown more than a month has lasted. 3 billion dollars of which is even lost permanently, according to the independent Congressional Budget Office CBO. Today, the American government once again fully open, albeit provisionally, temporarily.
The partial shutdown of the U.s. government departments went in on the 21st of december. Just this past weekend, there could be after 35 days reached an agreement to the government again temporarily open until February 15. That’s how the politicians continue to negotiate the budget.
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In total, the 35-day closure, with hundreds of thousands of civil servants could not go to work or had to work without pay, the U.s. economy 11 billion dollar cost. It comes to the accumulated loss of productivity, the loss of spending by the government and the reduced demand. During the last quarter of 2018 went to $ 3 billion or 0.1 percent of the gross national product, during the first quarter of this year to $ 8 billion.
The largest part of the economic loss, according to the CBO, from today, be recovered, now the government is again on full power runs. But 3 billion dollars is lost permanently, what it sounds like. “Among those who will be most affected, are federal officials who have no wages were given, and private companies that don’t could do business. Some of these companies will that lost revenue can never be recovered.”
President, Donald Trump wants the Democrats to 5.7 billion dollars in the budget to register for a limes wall. It is at the moment unclear whether the negotiations by 15 February, however, an agreement will bring.