US economy now growing at less than 2 percent due to shutdown, JP Morgan says JP Morgan economists cut their first quarter growth forecasts for a second time in two weeks due to the government shutdown. The economists now see sub-trend growth of 1.75 percent but they expect a bounce back in the second quarter to boost that period by a quarter point if the government reopens. The economists say each week of the shutdown results in a reduction in growth of 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points, and they reduced first quarter growth from an estimated 2 percent. (谈股论金)  473次阅读

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US economy now growing at less than 2 percent due to shutdown, JP Morgan says
JP Morgan economists cut their first quarter growth forecasts for a second time in two weeks due to the government shutdown.
The economists now see sub-trend growth of 1.75 percent but they expect a bounce back in the second quarter to boost that period by a quarter point if the government reopens.
The economists say each week of the shutdown results in a reduction in growth of 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points, and they reduced first quarter growth from an estimated 2 percent.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/us-economy-estimated-to-be-growing-at-less-than-2-percent-due-to-shutdown-jp-morgan-says.html