🏛️ U.S. Regulators Start Shuttering as Shutdown Hits Hard

[theSignalyst]

With the U.S. federal funding halted, many financial regulators are already furloughing staff.

The SEC is retaining just a skeleton crew, and the CFTC will operate with about 5.7% of its workforce. Critical tasks like IPO approvals, crypto-ETF rollouts, and economic data publication could all face delays.
Markets are jittery, expect more volatility until the shutdown ends.

[Swipe]

This shutdown really shows how dependent markets are on regulators. With SEC and CFTC running skeleton crews, IPOs, ETFs, and data releases will stall — no wonder volatility spikes when oversight slows down

[jacson4]

Markets are jittery, expect more volatility until the shutdown ends.

[The_Walking_Dead]

The shutdown impact is real ️ With regulators on skeleton crews, IPOs, ETFs, and data releases face big delays — markets will stay nervous and volatility spikes are almost guaranteed

[Couturier]

Markets really hate uncertainty . With SEC/CFTC running skeleton crews, the risk of delayed approvals + data releases is huge — no surprise volatility will spike

[JanEmil]

Maybe we find out we don't need them

[Nahid10]

the CFTC will operate with about 5.7% of its workforce.