Potential Us Government Shutdown 2024. Congressional lawmakers on sunday announced a bipartisan agreement—pending house and senate votes—to continue funding the government past the oct. We estimate that each week of a government shutdown would cost the us economy $6b and shave gdp growth by 0.1 percentage point (ppt) in q4 (in annualized growth terms).

A shutdown would cause enormous strain on furloughed government workers and those required to still work, most of whom would do so without pay until funding is restored. Government shutdown news and analysis from the white house, congress and around the country.