Economics
Wall Street Grows Antsy as Shutdown Threat to Stocks Intensifies
- Now a 40% chance it extends into February, Evercore ISI says
- The longer it lasts, the higher chance it leaks into markets
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A growing group of analysts and investors is warning that the U.S. government shutdown could soon hurt stocks.
Already confronting an increase in volatility, an uncertain outlook for interest rates and a trade war that threatens to damp global growth, traders now have to factor in the economic effects of the partial closure, in its record 27th day.