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    Government Shutdown Cut Into Economic Growth, CBO Says

    A report says the shutdown reduced federal spending by $18 billion, although most of that will be recouped now that the government has reopened.
    by Jim Zarroli Jan 28, 2019 1 minute
    A sign at the entrance of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., says the museum will reopen Tuesday. The shutdown reduced federal spending by $18 billion, although most of that will be recouped now that the government has reopened, according to a new report.

    The partial shutdown of the government reduced federal spending by about $3 billion and cut into overall U.S. economic growth, according to a report released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

    that due to the shutdown, which lasted

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