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Economic Update: Some Progress But Little Resolution

In this segment, Standard & Poor’s U.S. Chief Economist Beth Ann Bovino notes that while the government shutdown has ended and the debt ceiling has been raised, we believe that the
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S&P Capital IQ, a business line of the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics to institutional investors, investment and commercial banks, investment advisors and wealth managers, corporations and universities around the world. We provide a broad suite of capabilities designed to help track performance, generate alpha, identify new… trading and investment ideas, and perform risk analysis and mitigation strategies. Through leading desktop solutions such as Capital IQ, Global Credit Portal and MarketScope Advisor desktops; enterprise solutions such as S&P Securities Evaluations, Global Data Solutions , and Compustat; and research offerings including Leveraged Commentary & Data, Global Market Intelligence, and company and funds research, S&P Capital IQ sharpens financial intelligence into the wisdom today's investors need.

In this segment, Standard & Poor’s U.S. Chief Economist Beth Ann Bovino notes that while the government shutdown has ended and the debt ceiling has been raised, we believe that the entire fiasco likely has siphoned an annualized $24 billion out of the economy in the fourth quarter. We face the same issues again in a few months, with all the uncertainty leading up to it.

 

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