By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. government shutdown tops investors' agenda next week as markets head into the seasonally strong fourth quarter, with equities near record highs bracing for an earnings-season test later this month. A deep partisan rift in Washington led to a federal government shutdown that risks delaying crucial economic data and could potentially muddy the Federal Reserve's policy-easing outlook. Few on Wall Street expect the Washington impasse to derail a rally that h ...

Meanwhile, as the government shutdown enters day two, uh, OM Director Russell Vote telling House Republicans the Trump administration will start firing federal employees in the next one to two days. Meanwhile, this is what the Treasury Secretary told the gang on SC squawk this morning about the state negotiations. We were left with a mess.It was the largest deficit uh when we weren't in a recession, weren't at war, and we are fixing the deficit. And um you know there could be a a discussion but this isn't t ...

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