Counting the cost of the longest-ever US shutdown

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  Shutdown relief at last, but what's been the cost?

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  Without the government shutdown, the US economy would have probably grown close to 2%.

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  Now we're going to grow close to 1%.

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  I haven't been able to buy groceries since the end of September.

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  My landlord is still waiting for rent.

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  I have a car payment that's becoming more and more due, as well as all the other of my bills.

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  Welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Sam Fennick as the end of the United States longest ever shutdown edge is closer.

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  We'll look at the cost for workers and the impact on the wider economy.

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  And it's usually a time for world leaders to come together to discuss the climate.

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  But this year's COP summit is missing some major players.

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  So there are some signs of relief for US government workers who haven't been paid during the shutdown.

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  Over the weekend,

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  senators took the first step towards ending the longest federal shutdown in US history,

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  with eight Democrats voting to advance a plan to reopen government.

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  And now the White House has signalled its support for the bipartisan deal.

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  Earlier, I spoke to William.

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  He's a firefighter in Washington state

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  because I wanted to understand what this shutdown has meant for him and his family.

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  It's been absolutely god-awful.

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