LONDON: The government shutdown and impending debt deadline in the United States kept the dollar near an eight-month low despite signs of a fight back on Friday and drove world shares towards a second week of losses.
With no real progress evident in Washington, financial markets were reluctantly facing up to the possibility the deadlock could extend to October 17, when the government will effectively run out of cash.
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