The shutdown – now in its 19th day — could also cost the U.S. government more than a billion dollars in lost productivity for 350,000 workers who are forced to stay home. | Alex Wong/Getty Images   As federal workers face the prospect of missed paychecks during the partial government shutdown, their financial reality is … Continue reading Shutdown’s economic damage: $1 billion a week The mounting toll is adding new risks to the Trump administration’s economic hopes for 2019 By Victoria Guida