Shutdown hopes bolster risk appetite
The dollar is retreating and Treasury yields are slipping as the longest shutdown in American history shows signs of coming to an end. Trading volumes look light ahead of tomorrow’s holiday, but measures of risk appetite are improving and investors are moving out of safe havens like the Japanese yen and Swiss franc into economically-sensitive units like the Aussie, Canadian dollar, and Mexican peso after a group of Democrats crossed party lines to approve a bill that would provide funding through the end of January. Uncertainties still exist: a final vote in the Senate is needed to pass the measure...