The ongoing US government shutdown, expectations of additional Fed easing, and political uncertainty in France and Japan are also driving investors to haven assets, such as gold and Bitcoin. French Prime Minister Lecornu resigned after President Macron named a new cabinet, raising uncertainty about the Eurozone's second-largest economy. Meanwhile, Sanae Takaichi, a proponent of easy fiscal and monetary policy, won Saturday's election to become Japan's new leader of the ruling LDP party and potential prime m ...