- Democrats want to pump more inflationary spending
- Not going to go back on spending cuts in the tax act
- Went over the halfway point in Fed job interviews
- Expect first round of Fed Chair interviews completed next week
- Will present Trump with three to five strong candidates
- Current China trade truce expires on November 10th
- Next China talks round should show a big breakthrough
The longest ever shutdown came in Trump's first term and lasted 35 days and the impact was just 0.1 percentage points of GDP.