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City manager warns federal shutdown is denting local economy; SNAP, WIC and HUD processes disrupted
Summary
The city manager presented an economic update emphasizing local effects from the federal shutdown: rising economic anxiety among federal workers, interruptions to SNAP and HUD processes, and potential pressures on state programs; Department of Community and Human Services Director Kate Garvey described program-level impacts and emergency food and benefits processing plans.
The Alexandria City Manager opened a briefing to council members about local economic indicators and the effects of the federal government shutdown, highlighting rising uncertainty for federal employees and impacts on consumer spending. The manager said unemployment is low but increasing, inflation has ticked up to roughly 3% since January, and that national job growth is flat. He cited external estimates that the shutdown has reduced U.S. GDP by roughly 0.2% per week and noted potentially significant regional impacts because of Alexandria's concentration of federal…
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