WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth could suffer a big hit in the fourth quarter if the partial shutdown of the U.S. government lasts more than a month, analysts are warning.
Economists estimate that the shutdown, which started on October 1, was chipping away roughly 0.1 percentage point each week from fourth-quarter gross domestic product.
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