“If you're not getting information... you really don't know.”
That’s Fed Chair Jerome Powell today, on the 29th day of the government shutdown — a reminder that even the most powerful decision-makers can be flying blind when the data goes dark.
No CPI. No jobs report. No GDP update. Just uncertainty — and a whole lot of guessing.
It’s not the longest shutdown we’ve seen (yet), but it’s long enough to fog up the lens policymakers use to understand the economy. And when visibility drops, the smart move isn’t to speed up — it’s to slow down.
At Money Matters, we’re not sharing this as an episode. Just as a pulse check.
Because staying informed doesn’t always mean having all the answers — sometimes it means knowing the questions are getting harder to ask.
🎥 Watch the clip. Let it sink in.
Then ask yourself: What would you do if your dashboard went dark?
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