Shutdown seen cutting growth rate 0.2 percentage point

... GDP comes from the government sector itself," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Pierpont Securities LLC in Stamford, Conn. "My guess is the ripple effects are modest early on, but if the government were to stay shut down for as long as a ...

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