With shutdown negotiations at a standstill, Trump administration reportedly doubles estimate for its cost

The Trump administration reportedly has a grim new estimate of the partial government shutdown's economic toll. CNBC reports the Trump administration has doubled its estimate of how costly the ongoing shutdown will be. Previously, the administration thought there would be a reduction of 0.1 percentage point in economic growth every two weeks that the government is shut down. But now, the administration believes that much will be reduced every week. According to this report, the original number d...