The six-week government shutdown in the United States has ended, causing over 100 billion dollars in economic activity to be permanently lost.

The six-week government shutdown in the United States officially ended on Wednesday night local time, but this deadlock will cause new drag on the already challenged American economy, and its full impact may take several months to manifest. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this six-week government shutdown will reduce economic growth in the fourth quarter of this year by about 1.5 percentage points, cutting the growth rate in half. Although growth in the first quarter of next year may rebound by 2.2 percentage points after the government reopens, about $11 billion in economic activity will be permanently lost. The longest government shutdown prior to this occurred from 2018 to 2019, lasting 35 days, but only partially affected some agencies. At that time, the CBO estimated its impact on GDP was only 0.02%.