Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

The government shutdown is not really over #economictrends

Name: The government shutdown is not really over #economictrends
Uploaded: 2025-12-20T19:00:38+00:00
Duration: 51 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: Tom Burton (YouTube, Dec 20, 2025) summarizes that the recent, longest US government shutdown has been temporarily resolved by reopening government and…

20 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Tom Burton (YouTube, Dec 20, 2025) summarizes that the recent, longest US government shutdown has been temporarily resolved by reopening government and allocating funding through January 31, 2026. He raises the risk of another shutdown in January, noting that a poll shows only 27% expect another shutdown, but he personally judges the probability to be higher given unresolved substantive issues and spillover impacts (e.g., air traffic).

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Looks like we've got the longest US Government shutdown in history taken care of now. So basically what's happened is is they've reopened and allocated enough budget through the January 31st. Obviously, the big question is, is this going to happen again in January? Because really none of the key items that at least from a democratic perspective they were looking for in this really got addressed or solved or at least they didn't get what they were looking for. Obviously, I think both sides were recognizing that this was causing a lot more impact than maybe they had originally antic, especially as it kind of spilled over into the air traffic world and all of that. But interesting, on the poly market, only 27% is saying that there will be another shutdown, meaning that the majority tends to believe that this is somehow going to get all resolved before the 31st of January. I think the probability of a shutdown is higher than what they're saying here.