Trying to figure out economic data without official government statistics.

Analysts, executives, and journalists are left with a patchwork of numbers put together by private firms and academics in the absence of federal data during the partial government shutdown.

Investors seemed pleased that politicians in Washington were discussing a plan, and that lawmakers from both parties met with President Obama.

Small business owner Olalah Njenga says even if companies can recover quickly from the shutdown, it'll still weigh in the back of owners' minds.

Some House Republicans are inching toward a debt ceiling deal.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is on Capitol Hill this morning trying to convince lawmakers to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.

The staff of the Office of the Senate Curator that's responsible for keeping the thing wound has been furloughed.

Shutdown. Looming default. Change at the Federal Reserve. These are anxious times as global financial leaders gather in Washington.

A look at how a hog farmer in Illinois is being affected by the gridlock in Washington.

On a day of dueling press conferences over the federal shutdown, private observers say the date we may exhaust our borrowing authority may be later than expected.