University of British Columbia business, economics and politics experts are available to comment on the possible U.S. government shutdown on Oct. 1.
Thomas Davidoff, Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8325
Email: thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca
- Economic and business implications
“If a shutdown was to continue, the government will run out of cash and would have to stop honouring debts by roughly mid-October,” says Davidoff in a UBC News Q&A. “That’s a form of uncertainty that the world has not seen.”
Marit Rehavi, Dept. of Economics
Email: marit.rehavi@ubc.ca (email to arrange interviews)
- U.S. economy, health care, Canadian impacts
Werner Antweiler, Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8484
Email: werner.antweiler@sauder.ubc.ca
- Impacts of the possible shutdown (U.S., Canada and globally)
- Policy options to fix the stalemate
“A shutdown would directly impact Canadian companies with U.S. government contracts,” says Antweiler. “The uncertainty of a shutdown would also have indirect implications on the global economy through the financial markets and business investment and trade decisions.”
Paul Quirk, Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604.822.2230
Email: quirk@politics.ubc.ca
- Politics
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