Stocks Can Still Go Up if the Government Shuts Down
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The US government temporarily averted a shutdown after the House and Senate passed a 45-day funding deal on September 30. But the specter of a shutdown still looms if a longer-term funding resolution fails to materialize before the stopgap ends.
The US government has faced 14 funding gaps since 1981, 10 of which resulted in shutdowns.