With the partial government shutdown well into its third week, banks are offering help to customers who are facing financial hardship as a result, earning praise from the Trump administration.
About 420,000 people are working without pay and another 380,000 were furloughed as of Dec. 22, 2018, after congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump couldn’t reach an agreement on border security funding. The impasse prevented the passage of a bill that would provide funding for nine federal departments and several smaller agencies.
