The Debt Ceiling and Default

  The easiest way to spark a financial crisis and wreck the US economy would be to allow the federal government to default on its debt. It would be an epic, unforced error and millions of Americans would pay the price. And yet that unlikely situation is once...

How the Government Shutdown Affects Business

  We all know that currently, at least part of the United States government is closed. But in addition to about 500,000 workers out of work, an additional 300,000 are working, illegally, without pay. During the last government shutdown, a Federal Court authorized...