8.9.05

Destruição de recursos - I

Hurricane Katrina will reduce employment by 400,000 people in coming months while trimming economic growth by as much as a full percentage point in the second half of this year, according to a Congressional Budget Office assessment(...)
Already, federal cost estimates for relief and recovery efforts are running as high as $150 billion, adding another broader economic impact - a worsening deficit picture.(...)
While workers involved in reconstruction and government workers will not be affected, the CBO said it was reasonable to expect that for many workers the rebound in employment would be gradual, an adverse impact that will be slightly offset by large-scale hiring of construction workers.