Shutdown 2024 Marching. Congress is running up on yet another critical government funding deadline, with one week to go before the potential partial shutdown of several critical departments. The s&p 500 rose 1.1.

Union workers broke open the cookie jar in 2024, after years of stagnant wages and rising prices. A shutdown would cause enormous strain on furloughed government workers and those required to still work, most of whom would do so without pay until funding is restored.