hello. welcome. we start in the us were wrangling on capitol hill over government spending is continuing to unsettle markets. congress has narrowly averted a government shutdown, just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a bill to qi deadline, passing a bill to oi oi services funded until 3 qi services funded until 3 december. now the biden administration faces a battle over its billion dollar infrastructure spending bill. a vote on that has now been delayed. progressive members of the democrats are refusing to vote for it until they secure a much bigger bill to inject 3-$.5 much bigger bill to inject 3 $.5 trillion into america s economy, with investment in healthcare, education, and healthca re, education, and climate healthcare, education, and climate change. later this month the us will hit its borrowing limit, currently capped at 28 trillion. unless congress agrees to raise the
debt ceiling, america could default. that has meant that september has been the worst month on wall street since the pandemic began in march 2020. as michelle fleury in new york explains. it as michelle fleury in new york exlains. ., , as michelle fleury in new york exlains. .,, , explains. it has been eight months quarter explains. it has been eight months quarter for - explains. it has been eight l months quarter for investors who have plenty of reasons to feel on edge. stocks have pulled back from their all time highs and there are some key questions hanging over the markets right now. the first is the immediate threat of a government shutdown. stocks are briefly trimmed their losses when us senate passed a stopgap bill to keep the government funded until 3 december. second, you have america s central bank traders preparing for the federal reserve to begin to wind down some of its extraordinary stimulus measures introduced at the start of the pandemic. this, of course, at a time w
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