be some sort of setback. you ll see what happens, you ll see it here first right here on cnn. wall street, though, already celebrating today. the dow jumped 205 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 were also up by more than 1%. but by shutting the government for weeks, pushing the debt crisis to the brink of default, lawmakers have already inflicted some serious damage to the u.s. economy, to the country as a whole, even if this fix is passed later tonight, it s also, remember, only temporary. it goes to january or february. so could the bleeding start all over again? let s discuss with our chief business correspondent, christine romans, cnn s richard quest, who s joining us from new york, and diane swan, chief economist for mesereau financial. she s joining us from chicago. guys, thanks very much. let me get you on the breaking news, christine. first of all, s&p saying 15, 16 days of this government shutdown has already cost the u.s. economy $24 billion, for, what,
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market there were some construction jobs earlier in maybe last year, probably because of hurricane sandy rebuilding. now you re seeing help from construction because of housing and health care. 32,000 jobs in health care. we ve seen that again and again and again. there are two economies in america. one of them is health. the health care economy and the other economy is the one the rest of us live in. the ugly. 133,000 people dropped out of the labor market. they couldn t, there wasn t a place for them. they simply stopped looking. you look at the labor force participation rate this is something that s a number that s still so troubling. 63.5%, the lowest since july 2012. to get worse than that, you go the to go back to september of 1981. you want to see the number getting bigger as more people come back in and feel like the economy getting better and there s a place for them in the economy. let me bring in a chief economist for mesereau financial. christine laid out the things we kn