House lawmakers begin to flood out of Washington Thursday afternoon for a scheduled 13-day recess. When they return, representatives will have just a few days to avert another potential government shutdown.
Despite the looming deadlines, the prospect of a government stoppage has not yet become a front-burner issue for Washington or Wall Street.
“I am amazed at how little attention the markets and the press have devoted to this looming crisis (well, crisis may be too strong a description),” wrote Greg Valliere, the chief US policy strategist at AGF Investments, in a note to Yahoo Finance Thursday morning.
That could change by the end of the month, with a partial shutdown possible at midnight on March 1 if no deal is reached. A full shutdown would then follow a week later.
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