CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall gives his take on the effect on Chattanooga of a potential shutdown of the Federal government.
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.
“It’s inconvenient for federal employees, and they’re part of the community, so they’ll be annoyed,” he said, “but I don’t really see us noticing much.”