here is the ceo trader, bill gerber. >> i think people are just not able to assess because the markets are so uncertain, on where they should be, the type of environment they should be in. so people get in a wait and see mode. >> reporter: for over a year, americans kept a tight grip on their cash, a grip ligkely not o be loosened. if the deal is not reached, mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration could take everything. here is former city group chairman dick parsons. >> if they had confidence they knew what the landscape would be doing, they would start to invest again. >> reporter: given that washington kicked the can down the road, that is a big if. now, a director at sprint, honeywell and prudential said it is likely they don't know when to spend because they could step on a bomb. firms like the new jersey based flex line, a maker of metal hoses. in an e-mail, the president wrote, the temporary fixes don't allow us to plan, it makes revenue streams and planning chaotic, the blanket orders go out the window, lead times get cost, and it is a mess, a mess a temporary fix wouldn'

here is the ceo trader, bill gerber. >> i think people are just not able to assess because the markets are so uncertain, on where they should be, the type of environment they should be in. so people get in a wait and see mode. >> reporter: for over a year, americans kept a tight grip on their cash, a grip ligkely not o be loosened. if the deal is not reached, mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration could take everything. here is former city group chairman dick parsons. >> if they had confidence they knew what the landscape would be doing, they would start to invest again. >> reporter: given that washington kicked the can down the road, that is a big if. now, a director at sprint, honeywell and prudential said it is likely they don't know when to spend because they could step on a bomb. firms like the new jersey based flex line, a maker of metal hoses. in an e-mail, the president wrote, the temporary fixes don't allow us to plan, it makes revenue streams and planning chaotic, the blanket orders go out the window, lead times get cost, and it is a mess, a mess a temporary fix wouldn'

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