The S&P 500 has risen during every government shutdown since 1990. Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images Close Key Takeaways The federal government just shut down for the first time in six years, and the stock market—characteristically—took it in stride. But could that change? The benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.3% on Wednesday afternoon. (Follow Investopedia's live markets coverage here.) The muted response was no surprise to market watchers: Government shutdowns may be dramatic, but they haven't been a ma ...

The dollar slipped Wednesday as the US entered its first government shutdown in nearly seven years and a report showing private-sector payroll growth turning negative kept a lid on the US currency. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index pared losses late in New York trading but closed down a fourth day, its longest such streak in a month. The yen rallied to a two-week high, while Treasuries rose across the curve alongside US equities. Most Read from Bloomberg Shutdowns have typically weighed on the greenback, ...

(Bloomberg) — Optimism over Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts is putting anxiety over a global trade war firmly in the rearview mirror for many on Wall Street. The S&P 500 Index (^GSPC) has surged 32% since President Donald Trump first outlined his onslaught of global levies in April, with most forecasters expecting further gains before year-end. Measures of projected volatility look dormant, and analysts’ profit views for the first half of 2026 are climbing back toward where they stood at the beginning ...