For more than four weeks, the partial government downturn in the United States now - if it will not be stopped soon, he threatens a US Advisor Donald Trump adviser, according to the economy: growth could break in the first quarter, said Kevin Hassett the CNN , "It could easily be a number near zero."
If the budget blockade continues throughout the quarter, stagnation may occur in the first three months of the year, Hassett said. However, the second quarter could already be "enormous" if the so-called shutdown ends by then. For the year as a whole, the economy remains strong, said Hassett. It is expected to continue with a growth of three percent.
However, institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) fear US growth will slow down next year at the latest - regardless of whether the partial government deadlock persists.
The day before, Hassett had already told broadcaster FoxBusiness that the cost of the shutdown would exceed the $ 5.7 billion that Trump demands to build a wall on the Mexican border. This is the reason why it came to the shutdown - the Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives do not want to release the money for the construction of the wall in the household.
In surveys, a clear majority of Americans see Trump's position in the budget dispute critical. 71 percent of respondents were in a survey by CBS, the opinion that Trump's struggle for the border wall was not worth the disadvantages of partial government stalemate.