US shutdown costs $400M daily as furloughs begin for federal workers

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  The government shutdown takes hold in the United States.

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  The first furlough notices have been sent out to workers.

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  We are going to have to lay some people off if the shutdown continues.

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  There's all sorts of spillover effect in government offices all over the country.

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  It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Gideon Long.

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  We're going to look at the issue at the heart of the shutdown and the dispute between Republicans and Democrats,

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  the provision of health care.

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  Plus it's October, and that means beer.

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  We look at the economics of Oktoberfest, but not in Germany.

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  And how do Hollywood actors feel about being replaced by AI-generated rivals?

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  We'll find out.

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  We're starting the program talking about that government shutdown in the United States.

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  It's nearly 18 hours

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  since it started and already the first furlough notices have been sent out to federal workers,

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  telling them to stay at home.

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  It's the first such closure of the US government in nearly seven years.

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  The US Congressional Budget Office, which is non-partisan,

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  says up to 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed and the cost of compensating them could run to $400 million a day.

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  As US Vice President JD Vance acknowledged a few hours ago,

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