{"id":311,"date":"2024-12-20T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=311"},"modified":"2024-12-30T19:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:26:27","slug":"12-20-24-chattanooga-area-could-see-closures-and-furloughs-if-the-government-shuts-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/2024\/12\/20\/12-20-24-chattanooga-area-could-see-closures-and-furloughs-if-the-government-shuts-down\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/20\/24: Chattanooga Area Could See Closures and Furloughs if the Government Shuts Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/Screenshot_20240404_202413_Chrome-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" style=\"width:294px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/Screenshot_20240404_202413_Chrome-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/Screenshot_20240404_202413_Chrome-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/Screenshot_20240404_202413_Chrome-580x323.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/Screenshot_20240404_202413_Chrome-610x340.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/04\/Screenshot_20240404_202413_Chrome.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>CRER director and chief economist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/crer\/people#HowardJWallDirectorandChiefEconomist\">Howard Wall <\/a>gives his take on the effect on Chattanooga of a potential shutdown of the Federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The only people directly affected by a shutdown will be any furloughed federal employees who would have to go without payment until the government reopened, Wall said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>It&#8217;s inconvenient for federal employees, and they&#8217;re part of the community, so they&#8217;ll be annoyed,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but I don&#8217;t really see us noticing much.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2024\/dec\/20\/chattanooga-area-offices-parks-could-face\/\">Read article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall gives his take on the effect on Chattanooga of a potential shutdown of the Federal government. 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