There are 800,000 government workers who aren't being paid. But how about the hundreds of thousands of government contractors?

Worries about the shutdown lead to more worries about the debt ceiling.

President Obama meets with top finance executives Wednesday to discuss the debt ceiling.

Bank executives head to the White House to discuss the government shutdown and efforts to raise the federal debt ceiling. How much influence do the bankers have?

But failure by Congress to raise the debt ceiling would get a much stronger reaction than we're seeing this morning.

If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, the next question is how to pay the bills.

The 2013 government shutdown looms on Tuesday. But if the government closes its doors, shouldn't it cost taxpayers less?

The Treasury Department says the U.S. will run out of money on some unknown date in October.

Julia Coronado, chief economist at BNP Paribas, discusses the debt ceiling delay proposed by House Republicans and its impact on the markets.