WASHINGTON — The U.S. government shutdown is costing the economy about $7 billion per month that won’t be recovered when it reopens, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

In a letter to House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, the CBO offered estimates for three scenarios regarding the length of the shutdown, which began on Oct. 1 and is nearing a full month.

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The CBO projected real GDP declining by $7 billion for a four-week shutdown, $11 billion for a six-week shutdown and $14 billion for an eight-week shutdown.

“After the shutdown, real GDP will be temporarily higher than it would have been otherwise,” CBO wrote in its analysis on Wednesday. “Although most of

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