Economic Consequences of Government Shutdown

Government Shutdown and the Economy: A weak economy can only take so much abuse — and it looks like a government shutdown is about to test the nation’s resilience. There is one possible way a shutdown could help the economy: It could result in a long-term agreement, reduce partisan tensions and take the far scarier prospect of a debt default off the table. MJ Lee, Finance Reporter for POLITICO, explains.

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