At some stage, this is going to bite..
The federal government shutdown is hurting the US economy, most economists agree. The White House thinks that the pain is even worse than originally thought. A White House official told INSIDER that after a change to the internal model, the Trump administration now estimates the shutdown is taking 0.13 percentage points off of quarterly GDP every week. The model change incorporated the negative effects for federal contractors.
Government shutdown: White House increases GDP, economic pain estimate - Business Insider
Chinese foreign direct investment into the U.S. plummeted for a second year in a row, according to new data. In 2018, Chinese FDI in the United States fell to just $4.8 billion — a massive decline from $29 billion in 2017 and $46 billion in 2016, according to independent researcher the Rhodium Group.
Chinese foreign direct investment to the US falls in 2018: Data
As the longest government shutdown in American history lurches toward its fifth week, a grim but growing consensus has begun to emerge on Capitol Hill: There may be no way out of this mess until something disastrous happens. This is, of course, not a sentiment lawmakers are eager to share on the record. But in interviews this week with congressional staffers on both sides of the aisle (whom I granted anonymity in exchange for candor), I heard the same morbid idea expressed again and again. The basic theory—explained to me between weary sighs and defeated shrugs—goes like this: Washington is at an impasse that looks increasingly unbreakable. President Donald Trump is dug in; so is Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Democrats have public opinion on their side, but the president is focused on his conservative base. For a deal to shake loose in this environment, it may require a failure of government so dramatic, so shocking, as to galvanize public outrage and force the two parties back to the negotiating table.
Capitol Hill Aides Wait for a Disaster to End Shutdown - The Atlantic