The shutdown has already resulted in approximately 775,000 federal workers being placed on furlough, disrupted government services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture issuing a warning that "there...

The government shutdown means the latest job numbers haven't been released, but the Fed is still likely to cut.

Concerns about a weakening labor market may outweigh worries about rising inflation, tipping the Fed toward another rate cut, economists say.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a four-day stretch of gains to finish lower on Wednesday, while the S&P 500 ended flat, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said a December interest-rate c...