In this episode, I explain how the 24-day government shutdown has created an unprecedented data blackout—leaving the Federal Reserve without crucial economic reports like jobs data and inflation gauges to make interest rate decisions—while nearly half the NASDAQ 100 companies report earnings this week, with tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, and Google telling us more about the economy than the government can, though markets remain surprisingly resilient with the S&P, Dow, and Nasdaq all hitting record highs.