Shutdown's Economic Hit Seen To Be Muted

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Mon, 01/22/2018 - 7:11am

The federal government shutdown could sideline significant numbers of federal employees and leave government contractors out in the cold, but in a $19.5 trillion economy with 147 million workers, a shutdown, even a long one, isn’t expected to leave much imprint on the broader economy.

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