Without the key reports, the Fed is flying a bit blind. The situation will become increasingly challenging as the shutdown continues.
The jobs report is critical to U.S. Federal Reserve decisionmaking, and central bankers aren't completely blind. Coincidental to the government shutdown, the Chicago Fed began releasing its own ...
Job postings and other data points are gleaned by alternative-data firms. It's no-jobs Friday, thanks to the federal government shutdown robbing investors of what's often the most closely watched ...
For the first time in 12 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish its monthly “Employment Situation” report on the first Friday of the month due to the federal government shutdown — ...
Investors are grappling with a blackout of official government economic data that’s forcing them to rely more heavily on reports that usually get far less attention.
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(Reuters) -Alternate data from public and private sources, a substitute for official statistics delayed by a government shutdown, showed the U.S. job market likely remained stalled in September with ...
Pope Leo XIV had no kind words for this administration’s stance on immigration, war, or what it means to be “pro-life.” ...
The federal government shutdown began at midnight as President Trump and Democrats blamed each other for failing to reach an agreement.
The administration signaled Wednesday it would follow through on its threat to lay off federal workers during a shutdown.
Follow news on the government shutdown after Congress fails to pass a federal budget plan. Trump has threatened mass layoffs in the coming days for federal workers.
The Fed is cutting because it is worried about the labor market, she said. Without the key employment data, it will be hard to build a case that the labor market is out of danger.