The past few weeks felt like an economic black hole. Every month, we rely on a steady stream of official government numbers to make AP Charts and evaluate where we stand. But when the longest government shutdown in history began on October 1st, the data stream froze. That delay created uncertainty in markets, complicated decisions for an already divided Federal Reserve. That left us wondering when AP Charts would be back on the schedule. Now that government workers are back in the office, the data flood is ...