Heightened Risk of Government Shutdown : Goldman Sachs

Markets have not responded strongly to past government shutdowns, it said

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Aug. 18, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Goldman Sachs recently predicted that a U.S. government shutdown was more than likely this year, in a recently published report.

The international lender said that the GOP House majority, a Democrat-controlled Senate, and a lack of agreement on key spending issues, heightened the risk.