>>>>It's happened.
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>>>If you only just found out you're probably the last person in the western world to do so :-}
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>>>Must admit, although things looked tougher than usual, I thought they would still scrape in under the wire......
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>>We all knew it might be coming but it is still a shock to the system. Usually they figure out a way to work things out.
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>Any guess as to how long it might take this time ?
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>The Beeb are suggesting that a three-week shutdown could reduce GDP for the U.S. this quarter by 1% - bit of a knock to the recovery (globally?)

I would say it will affect out recovery in the UK but apparently thats all down to George and Daves economic policies.