The federal shutdown that began just after midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1 could have wide-ranging economic effects on the Bay State well beyond the 25,000 federal workers that live here. Many of those workers have been furloughed or are going unpaid.

Here's a sector-by-sector breakdown of the possible effects of the shutdown on the various sectors of the Massachusetts economy.

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