Congress  likely to pass a one-week stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown

US Congress will be under the spotlight this week, but at least one risk is potentially being negated.

There is chatter that they are likely to pass a one-week stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown at the end of this week.

This would be beneficial to the stock market with an investor's sigh of relief on Wall Street. 

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