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Shutdown Costs Economy at Least $6B

Lost productivity from furloughed civil servants and decreased economic activity among businesses during the most recent partial government shutdown cost the U.S. economy at least $6 billion, according to S&P Global Ratings. So reports Reuters.

S&P also believes that the shutdown will likely hurt business confidence and investor sentiment even though the government has opened.

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