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District economy slows as mass layoffs, government shutdown roil workers | GW Hatchet

October 23, 2025
  • D.C. Policy Center

On October 20, 2025, Rivlin Initiative Director Daniel Burge was quoted by the GW Hatchet:

Daniel Burge, director of the D.C. Policy Center’s Alice Rivlin Initiative on Economic Policy & Competitiveness — which analyzes business and growth trends in D.C. — said projected cuts to about 40,000 federal jobs in the District caused by federal downsizing over the next four to five years challenges the District’s private sector’s ability to absorb laid-off workers.

Read More: District economy slows as mass layoffs, government shutdown roil workers
Additional reading: 2025 State of Business Report: Investing in growth

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