Department of Economics
November 6, 2014

Effects of government shutdown for Brown and Rhode Island

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After congressional quarreling sent the federal government Monday night into its first shutdown since the Clinton administration, Brown students and people across Rhode Island spent Tuesday considering how the closure will affect them. 

The effects will be limited in the short term, but if Congress remains embattled for weeks or even months, consequences will begin to mount said David Wyss , an Adjunct Professor of Economics and former chief economist for Standard and Poor's.