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The federal government shutdown has lasted all month and is on pace to become the longest on record. While history has shown that the economy typically rebounds from a shutdown within a couple of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gaps in data because of the government shutdown make a hash of the latest federal reports on inflation and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The six-week government shutdown that came to an end late Wednesday will be another drag on an economy already facing many challenges, though the full impact will take months to ...

After a 43-day shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—the government is reopening, but the effects are far from over. Key economic reports on jobs, inflation and retail sales remain delayed, and in some ...

Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has made the situation much worse. By Ben Casselman and Colby Smith Tariffs are at ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history is leaving an estimated $11 billion in permanent economic ...

One of the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has been a loss of critical economic data about inflation and jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics saw its work slow and then stop ...

China approaches the 2025 Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) with an economy showing mixed signals. Headline growth reached 5.3% in the first half of the year, supported by stronger-than-expected ...

Here’s the question. Should government policy be geared more toward running a prosperous economy where citizens and corporate organisations prosper and flourish, or to extract all manner of taxation ...

The federal government's monthly releases of economic statistics — especially the inflation rate and growth as tracked by gross domestic product — have long occasioned partisan preening (or ...