USD/JPY is brushing up against 99.00 and the S&P 500 is at the highs of the day, up 1.3%.The government is funded through January 15 and the debt limit raised until February 7. That’s a short timeline but it gives markets a chance to focus on something else for a month or two.Candidates:
                        
                    - The health of the economy as data releases resume
 - The potential for a taper
 - Holiday shopping season
 - Corporate earnings
 - Emerging markets
 - The recovery in the European core
 - New stimulus in Japan