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Stock futures are little changed after big rally in prior session; Nvidia falls: Live updates CNBCStocks Rallied Through Shutdown but Wall Street Eyes More Gains Bloomberg.comStock Market Today: S&P 500 Futures Weaken; Senate Passes Measure to End Shutdown — Live Updates The Wall Street JournalMorning Bid: Reopening rebound runs on, with rate cuts in sight ReutersStock Markets Suffer Amnesia Amid Shutdown Breakthrough. The Crucial Issue They're Forgetting.
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Regardless of when the government gets back up and running, it is likely that the effects of the reduced staff, reduced funding, and the shutdown will be felt during the 2026 tax filing season and perhaps beyond.
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Once a hub for guns and electrical wiring, Bridgeport, Connecticut, is now home to artisanal manufacturing businesses and a healthy real estate market.
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Trump demands $10,000 bonuses for air traffic controllers who worked during shutdown and pay cuts for those who didn't amid flight chaos FortuneWhen the shutdown ends, air travel will still take a long time to get back to normal CNNWill the flight cuts impact my Thanksgiving travel? USA Today‘What Was the Point?' Travelers Battle Airport Disruptions Amid Shutdown Talks. The New York Times
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A delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.
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The Treasury Secretary said he hadn't spoken to the president about this idea but "the $2,000 dividend could come in lots of forms, in lots of ways.
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Japan and China exchange barbs after prime minister's remarks about Taiwan PoliticoWhy did Japan PM's Taiwan remarks cause such a stir? ReutersChina The GuardianChinese diplomat threatens to cut off new Japanese PM's head over Taiwan comments Fox News
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WHAT are Republican lawmakers in politics to achieve? Not many years ago, at the peak of their outrage over Barack Obama''s economic stimulus package, 'balanced budgets' might have featured in the answer. But the frenzied passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through Congress has revealed the insincerity of the party''s fiscal moralising. Republicans in Congress do not oppose government borrowing when it suits them. Rather, the overarching policy objective that unifies them is cutting taxes—and damn the fiscal consequences. Following the passage of the tax bill through the Senate in the early hours of December 2nd, Republicans are on the brink of achieving their goal.On November 30th budget scorekeepers unveiled a forecast for how much extra economic growth the tax bill might spark: enough to pay for about one third of its $1.5trn cost. Previously, Republicans might have viewed this projection as a triumph. They have long pressed for budget forecasts to include such 'dynamic' effects (see blog). But the score briefly seemed to imperil the bill. It undermined the absurd claim, made by the Republican leadership and the Trump administration, that tax cuts would pay for themselves in full. No serious economist ever thought this credible. Yet the official score seemed to blow Republicans'' ...
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