Now that the Sequestration order has been activated what are you plans ?

Providers are you planning to do more touring outside the dc region ?

Hobbyists are you planning change your career and/or move out the area if your government job/contract gets cut ?

because I will be traveling to DC and other places much less. Bummer.

If you can afford the financial hit, you can spend that enforced-day-off-without-pay every other week to drown your sorrows in the arms of a lovely lady. It is probably worse for some private sector contractors who might be facing a layoff rather than a 10 percent pay cut.

For the ladies, leave some extra time to get through the airport and get to your destination (hopefully here)  starting in about one month.

the aftershock of FR policy( QE and 0% rates) will be much worse.

this will not affect my hobbying one bit.

It was designed to be that way to force the kids in Washington i.e. our elected officials to get the job done...

The sky will really fall come March 27th, if they cannot pass CR.

While most hobbyists aren't seeing a pay cut, a significant percentage of us are and that will hurt demand.   How that will effect our provider market depends, among other things on how our market compares to the market in other cities. If business isnt better for providers in other cities, then pretty much the same number should come here.  However, those providers might be smart to expect maybe 10% less business than before sequestration.  If I were a provider I would consider lowering prices a bit (sequestration special!) or at least delay price increases.  I might also be less likely to stay in Tyson's because I think that area draws most strongly from Gov contractors who are now being laid off.

Perhaps unlikely, but sequestration could also drive additional ladies, ladies who find it difficult to find good paying "normal" jobs, into the provider market.  This would tend to put downward pressure on prices, although I'm not sure if that would tend to skew towards BP-grade providers or more high level TER talent.