How will the US government shutdown affect the economy?

Name: How will the US government shutdown affect the economy?
Uploaded: 2013-10-01T10:02:53.000Z
Duration: 2 min 33 s
Description: The US government has begun a partial shutdown after the two houses of Congress failed to agree a budget, Richard Lister considers the likely impact on the US economy

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The US government has begun a partial shutdown after the two houses of Congress failed to agree a budget.

More than 800,000 federal employees face unpaid leave with no guarantee of back pay once the deadlock is over.

Richard Lister reports.

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1 October 2013