He emphasized that "the bar for implementing additional easing in the near term is relatively high." The absence of data will pose a significant obstacle for Fed decision-making. The 43-day US government shutdown ended this week, during which key labor market and inflation data were not released. This makes it difficult for investors to assess the true health of the world's largest economy. Analysts at Morgan Stanley noted in a client report that the data gap and the delayed release of labor market indicators mean that the Fed "will face an information gap at the December meeting"
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