SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Council of Economic Advisors has provided an analysis of the economic impacts of the government shutdown in Georgia and South Carolina.

In an email from the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), the organization states that government shutdown will reduce growth and increase unemployment in both states.

“ CEA estimates Georgia’s Gross State Product will decline by approximately $458 million each week the shutdown extends , the equivalent of $2 billion per month while the government is shut down,” the report states.

Additionally, CEA says there may be “an increase in unemployment of about 1,400 workers in Georgia” if the government is shut down just one month.

“ CEA estimates South Carolina’s Gross State Product will decline by around $188 milli

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