Feel like pulling up some Bureau of Economic Analysis [3]data, such as what US GDP is? Good luck.
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This also means that virtually all government-sourced economic data for the duration of the shutdown is now also offline. Luckily, the Fed only cares about the level of the S&P when making its monetary policy decisions. Else, it may have some difficulty in determining how QE is impacting the actual economy.
The silver lining: the USDA is also down [5]. So those who want to find out how many Americans are on foodstamps, they will just have to wait.
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