After weeks of relentless upward motion, Wall Street seems to have remembered how to stand still. The blistering rally that has carried U.S. equities higher in recent months has slowed to a pause, as traders await fresh clues about the health of the economy. Yesterday, the main Wall Street indices ended down between 0.1% and 0.5%. This morning's spotlight falls on an unlikely star: consumer sentiment data. While it often goes unnoticed, the University of Michigan's survey has been promoted to leading role thanks to the government shutdown, which has forced official statistics into an unscheduled vacation. 

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