Washington, United States – The American website Politico quoted a White House memo on Thursday that America will lose $15 billion every week from the lockdown.
President Trump’s economic advisers warn in the memo that a prolonged shutdown could lead to serious economic consequences.
The Council of Economic Advisers warned in the memo that the United States could lose $15 billion of its GDP per week.
This is with the closure continuing for a month.
Which will increase the number of unemployed people by 43 thousand people.
This damage does not include the 1.9 million federal civil servants who are temporarily unemployed or working without pay.
80% of them live in the Washington area.
White House aides say the document, which will be sent to Republicans in Congress, will be used to enrich Republicans’ response to the shutdown.
Accusations against Democrats
“The real economic consequences of a prolonged government shutdown fall entirely on Senate Democrats, who are holding the federal government, the economy, and the country hostage to provide free health care to undocumented immigrants,” a White House spokesperson said in a statement.
This comes as the White House works to coordinate a unified Republican response to the government shutdown at all levels of government, placing the blame entirely on Democrats.
Recent polls show that voters blame Republicans more than Democrats at this stage.
Although large numbers of Americans say both parties are responsible.
This also comes at a time of increasing economic scrutiny over the impact of the president’s tariff policies.
Data released by payroll firm ADP on Wednesday showed that the United States lost 32,000 private sector jobs in September.
Which sectors will be affected by the closure?
The memo outlines several realistic consequences of the government shutdown: funding for the women, infants and children program will run out in October.
Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries may face longer wait times for customer service.
Head Start programs that are subject to annual review and funding will not receive funding.
While TSA employees and air traffic controllers will work without pay during the shutdown.
The memo notes that absenteeism, which tripled during previous lockdown periods from 3% to 10%, could cause successive delays at airports across the United States.
