Government Shutdown 2025 — What It Means for Your Money
Published: 2025-10-02
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Published: 2025-10-02
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Analyzed
Predictions from this Video
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Prediction
Topic
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The jobs report will be delayed due to the government shutdown.
"the jobs reports is going to be delayed."
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The CPI inflation report, scheduled for October 15th, is at risk of being delayed due to the government shutdown.
"the CPI inflation report was scheduled to be released on October 15th, but this one too. So this report is also in jeopardy of being delayed."
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The Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions are reliant on the jobs and inflation reports, which are currently delayed due to the government shutdown.
"the Federal Reserve is, you have to remember, they're being data dependent and making their interest rate decisions based on the jobs reports and the inflation reports."
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The next Federal Reserve meeting is scheduled for October 29th.
"the next Federal Reserve meeting is going to take place on October 29th."
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If the government shutdown continues, the Federal Reserve may have to make interest rate decisions without crucial economic data.
"if this thing drags out, then they're not going to produce the reports and the Federal Reserve is going to have to make their decisions just in the dark."
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The announcement of the Social Security cost of living adjustment, planned for October 15th, will be delayed if the inflation report is delayed due to the shutdown.
"the government was planning on announcing the Social Security cost of living adjustment on October 15th, but that's another thing. If the inflation report is delayed, then the cost of living adjustment announcements going to be delayed as well."
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Social Security beneficiaries will still receive their 2026 cost of living adjustments on time, despite potential delays in announcement.
"Beneficiaries are still going to get their cost of living adjustments on time for 2026."
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Historical data suggests government shutdowns have minimal impact on the stock market.
"The stats show that a government shutdown does not have a big impact on the stock markets."
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Historically, the stock market has seen an average gain of 0.3% and a median gain of 0.1% during government shutdowns.
"the average performance during a shutdown was up 0.3%. The median performance was up 0.1%."
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A US government shutdown is likely to weaken the US dollar, which will be beneficial for commodities, including gold and silver.
"It's common that a US government shutdown weakens the US dollar... if the dollar weakens even further because of this, that's going to be good for commodities, that's going to be good for gold and also for silver."
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Approximately 750,000 federal employees are expected to be furloughed during the government shutdown.
"officials are saying that about 750,000 federal employees will be furled during the shutdown."
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Federal employees furloughed due to the shutdown will receive retroactive back pay once the government reopens, as mandated by the government employee fair treatment act.
"these federal employees, they're still going to be paid retroactively. It's basically back pay once the shutdown is over because of the government employee fair treatment act."
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Members of Congress (Senators and Representatives) will continue to receive their salaries during the government shutdown, as per the Constitution.
"Members of Congress, so our senators, our politicians in the House of Representatives, they're still going to collect their paychecks during the shutdown, which is mandated under Article 1, Section Six of the Constitution."
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The US economy is predicted to have a minimal impact from the government shutdown, as furloughed employees will receive back pay and government spending will continue.
"A shutdown's going to have minimal impact on the US economy. Employee, just think about it, because employees are going to get back paid. The government's going to spend what they would have spent. So again, minimal impact."
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Historically, US government shutdowns have averaged around eight days in length over the past 50 years.
"In the past 50 years, the average shutdown lasts about eight days."
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The duration of the current government shutdown is uncertain, with possibilities ranging from a few days to an extended period.
"it can vary greatly. Maybe it'll last a few days and maybe it's going to get resolved next week or maybe it's going to drag out for quite some time."
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Following a potential resolution, a similar government funding battle is likely to occur again in seven weeks.
"the politicians, they're probably going to have the same this same exact battle in seven weeks."
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A Maris poll indicates that 38% of the public blames Republicans for the government shutdown, 27% blame Democrats, 31% blame both, and 4% blame neither.
"Maris poll shows that 27% of the people blame the Democrats, 38% blame the Republicans, 31% blame both parties, and 4% say that they don't blame either party."
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