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Will a federal government shutdown damage the US economy?

  • Written by Scott R. Baker, Assistant Professor of Finance, Northwestern University
The Lincoln Monument was a casualty of the last shutdown, in 2013.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

The federal government shut down for the first time in a little more than four years after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on a last-minute deal to keep funds flowing for another few weeks.

The immediate and most visible impact will be in the...

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