Shutdown's don't usually save money. They're basically paid vacations for government workers that don't even reduce their leave balances.

The big things, transfer payments and military, don't stop during shutdowns.

Undisciplined

econ

So, the US government is in shutdown. Gold is soaring, bitcoin is soaring and the _economic_ media yells it is because of the shutdown. 

My simple question...why? 

From what I see, the shutdown has a huge prospect of _saving_ money for the federal government, i.e. less national debt, ergo...less need for money printing (now or in the future)? 

So for all intent and purpose, the shutdown should be bullish for the dollar, and bearish for those assets seen as counter to the dollar hegemony, right? 