United States: Trump wants 5 billion for wall, shutdown cost 11.

Congress has three weeks to reach an agreement, and the US president is not optimistic ...

The shutdown was expensive. The partial closure of federal government services for more than a month has cost the US economy $ 11 billion, of which some $ 3 billion will not be recoverable, according to Congressional Budget Services (CBO). ).

"As a result of the decline in economic activity, the CBO estimates that fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) has been cut by $ 3 billion. In the first quarter of 2019, the level of GDP is lower by 8 billion dollars (...) reflecting both the five weeks of partial shutdown and the recovery of economic activity, "they said Monday in a statement. Three billion dollars represents about 0.02% of the 2019 GDP estimate, says the CBO.

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