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Regulators Ask Banks To Go Easy On Govt. Workers During Shutdown

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11) came and went and government workers affected by the 21-day shutdown didn’t receive paychecks, U.S. Federal Reserve said in a statement. Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell discussed the effects that a long-term shutdown could have on the economy. As Friday (Jan. On Thursday (Jan.

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NY Fed President: Gov’t Shutdown Could Hinder Economic Growth

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18) that the shutdown has become a hindrance for the economy, Financial Times reported. With an audience of the New Jersey Bankers Association, Williams noted that policymakers at the Fed had noticed “some emerging headwinds to growth from the partial government shutdown ” in addition to “geopolitical uncertainties.”

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Gov’t Shutdown Costs Creep To $11B

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A new report says that the government shutdown has cost the country about $11 billion in gross domestic product, and will impact the United States’ economic growth for the rest of the year. And although federal employees will receive back pay now that the government is back at work, most contractors will not.

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Fed’s Bullard Puts Positive Spin On Economy Despite Steep Job Losses

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economy, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard says he doesn’t think the situation is a plummeting “free fall” as others have speculated. economy beforehand. economy beforehand. Louis Fed on the economy blog, “suggest the unemployment rate could go anywhere between 10 percent and 42 percent.

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JPMC Data: Economy Looks To Be Stalled

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Morgan Chase shows the economy at a standstill, according to a report by CNBC. The numbers showed a 10 percent decline in spending compared to a year ago, albeit higher numbers as compared to the height of the pandemic’s economic destruction in March and April during the nationwide shutdowns, CNBC reported.

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Fed’s Harker Warns Of Economic Fallout Of Increased COVID Cases

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Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker says the mass spikes in coronavirus cases across the U.S. will likely dampen the economy as well, Reuters reported. businesses closed forever between March and May due to the pandemic’s shutdowns. Harker said the impact could be twofold in its damage.

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US Companies Pivot From Resilency To Reinvention

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As the virus has reemerged leading to business shutdowns for a second time, furloughs are becoming permanent, and production has been put off. Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker said last week that the rise in coronavirus cases across the country will likely dampen the economy and the impact could be twofold in its damage.