What happens during a government shutdown !!

What causes a government shutdown?

A shutdown occurs when Congress and the president fail...
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The Australian and New Zealand dollars were both hovering at one-month lows against their U.S. counterpart on Thursday, after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand left interest rates unchanged and as demand for the greenback remained broadly supported. AUD/USD was little changed at 0.7818, the lowest since January 10. The greenback was...
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Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Tuesday, February 6: 1. Dow Futures Swing Violently In Battle To Recover From Historic Selloff U.S. stock index futures pared significant losses ahead of Tuesdays opening bell, but Dow futures still pointed to a negative open as a...
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The dollar steadied on Monday after rallying on upbeat U.S. jobs data, which sent bond yields surging on the prospects of increasing inflation and hammered equities. The dollar index against a basket of six major currencies stood little changed at 89.127 after gaining 0.6 percent on Friday, when the U.S. payrolls...
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Bitcoin fell 9 percent on Friday, leaving the best-known cryptocurrency down more than 30 percent this week and headed for its worst weekly performance since April 2013. The cryptocurrency dropped to as low as $8,155 at 0915 GMT on the Luxembourg-based bitstamp exchange amid a broader rout in the market. Other...
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The Unemployment Change released by the Bundesagentur fr Arbeit and published by the German Statistics Office is a measure of the absolute change in the number of unemployed people in Germany using seasonally adjusted data.. A rise in this indicator has negative implications for consumer spending, as theres less people...
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The dollar held above a recent three-year low against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, with traders turning their attention to U.S. President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech and a Federal Reserve policy meeting for catalysts. The dollar rose 0.1 percent against a basket of six major currencies...
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Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said Britains economy could start to grow more quickly and stop lagging behind the global economy later this year if there is clarity about Britains future relationship with the European Union.

The world economy is accelerating, and we havent seen that yet, Carney told BBC...
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EU and UK Progress or Process? While progress on key issues including EU citizens rights, alongside the subject of borders and an exit payment, have largely been resolved, the closure of the first phase of negotiations sets the stage for significantly larger hurdles to clear before the October deadline. The UKs...
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The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) released by Markit Economics captures businessconditions in the manufacturing sector. As the manufacturing sector dominates a large part of total GDP, the manufacturing PMI is an important indicator of business conditions and the overall economic condition in France. A result above 50 signals is...
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