Government shutdown just cost us another key data point. Friday's jobs report? Yeah, that's not happening. But here's the thing—market watchers were already penciling in what those numbers might've looked like. Employment data's been one of the few reliable indicators lately, and missing it creates a blind spot right when volatility's picking up. Traders hate uncertainty, and this shutdown's adding another layer. What would the report have shown? Probably modest job gains, steady unemployment rates. Nothing explosive, but enough to gauge whether the Fed's strategy is landing where they want it. Now? We're flying blind until they reopen the data floodgates.