The economy of the United States lost a minimum of $6 billion during the 35-day partial shutdown of the federal government, according to a Friday statement from Wall Street’s S&P.
In blaming the significant financial drop on lost productivity due to hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers as well as on the shifting of economic activity to global competitors, a Global Ratings release from financial organization Standard & Poor noted that market confidence remained low in spite of the reopening of the federal government, according to Reuters.
