On All Levels of the Economy, Concern About the Impasse: For Consumers, Volatility And Then Market Corrections.

This is not yet one of those stuff-your-money-in-a-mattress moments. Still, the talk in Washington of a federal budget crisis and possible default has given rise to all sorts of consumer fears of doomsday scenarios. Missed Social Security payments. Spikes in interest rates. Draconian cuts in government services. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]