The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the longer the government stays closed, the more costly the pause will be.

The government has been shut down for nearly a month, and the impact is beginning to be felt by the U.S. economy.

The federal government's four-week shutdown will reduce real annualized gross domestic product growth by 1 percentage point ...

If shutdown ends this week, US economy would suffer $7B loss, $11B for 6-week shutdown, $14B for 8-week stoppage, says ...

The U.S. economy picked up speed in the second half of the year, although job growth and inflation remain a concern, ...