The last shopping weekend before Christmas and Hanukkah is upon us. It will be a wild weekend as shoppers search for those last-minute gifts. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that the federal government could shut down at midnight tonight. Suppose the impasse lasts more than a few days. In that case, millions of civil servants will go without pay, and the federal debt could balloon if Donald Trump’s demand for a two-year increase in the U.S.’s borrowing authority is included in a spending bill without cuts.
