The United States is now deep into what has become the longest government shutdown in its history and its effects are rippling across every level of the country’s economy. What began on October 1, after Congress failed to break a stalemate over federal funding negotiations, has now entered the 38th day with no political resolution in sight. As the shutdown drags on, roughly 700,000 federal employees are working without pay, another 670,000 have been furloughed and tens of millions of Americans are experiencing disruptions to essential services.

We will break down the scale of the shutdown, the political deadlock causing it and the consequences unfolding across the country.

Why this shutdown is different?

Since the modern federal budget process began in 1976, the US has experienced 2

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