No, not the government shutdown and debt ceiling fuss.

The trade war and the partial government shutdown are not a happy backdrop for the new year.

Upbeat company earnings reports were offset by concerns about a slowdown in growth, trade tensions and the longest government shutdown in history.

There are ten days before a deadline to avert another government shutdown.

Republicans want any increase to be accompanied by spending cuts and some are prepared to risk a rare government shutdown to get their way.