US Government Shutdown Looms as Jobs Data Awaits, APAC Stocks Mixed

In the US, top congressional leaders plan to meet with President Donald Trump on Monday, a day before federal funding would expire if an agreement on a short-term spending bill can't be reached. A shutdown would threaten the release of key data including Friday's payrolls report, key to assessing whether the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates next month. We heard from James Abate, Managing Director, Head of Fundamental Strategies at Horizon Investments. And - Asian stocks moved in a tight range at the open. Over the weekend, Chinese Industrial profits in August climbed 20.4% from a year earlier, the first increase in four months, according to data released Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics. Factory deflation eased for the first time in six months. For more, we heard from Sian Fenner, Westpac Head of Business and Industry Economics. She spoke to Bloomberg's Avril Hong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.