The federal government’s partial shutdown is no closer to resolution, but so far the markets are shrugging off Washington’s fiscal stalemate. It remains to be seen if the indifference will endure if the deadlock in Congress continues and the threat of a self-inflicted default draws closer. “On [October] 17th, we run out of our ability to borrow, and Congress is playing with fire,” says Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. “If they don’t extend the debt limit, we have a very, very short window of time before those scenarios start to be played out.”