iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETFMTUM was up 6.5% past month (read: U .S. First, minutes of the Fed's December gathering released on Jan 9 indicated that still-subdued inflation led the central bank to consider a "patient" approach to future rate hikes. A deadlock in passing a spending bill, wherein Trump demanded $5.6 billion funding for a border wall that was being opposed by the Democrats, was mainly the reason for the shutdown.