Delivery delays and FX movements as the US shutdown gives a silver lining

As the Aussie dollar rises and the US dollar falls against just about every currency, airlines across the globe will be ending the week with fuel costs far lower than at the end of last week due to the FX movements. There is some good news from the US federal government shutdown. No one really knows how long the US shutdown will go on for but it cannot continue past the point of the US debt ceiling increase deadline, so at least this time around as opposed to the 1995/6 debacle we have a maximum timeline for this shutdown. That