Jobs News What To Look For In Friday’s Jobs Report

It’s Jobs Friday Without a Jobs Number: Here’s Where to Look for Alternatives

Economists, investors and policymakers usually spend the first Friday each month poring over the latest government jobs report. Not this one. The federal government shutdown means the Bureau of Labor ... Read More

Absent the jobs report, let's look at other labor market indicators

Today is Thursday, Oct. 30, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ weekly report on jobless claims nationwide usually comes out. But with the government shutdown, it remains absent. Read More

The Shutdown Is Sparing Trump Some Bad Economic News

Job creation is probably worse than we know, but we can’t be sure without a new jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Good point! But what Antoni didn’t grasp (or didn’t want to grasp) was ... Read More

No September jobs report, no problem. Here’s what we know about the labor market — and it’s not great.

Welcome to jobs Friday — except there’s no U.S. employment report today. Blame the latest government shutdown in Washington. That’s not to say Wall Street and the Federal Reserve are flying blind. Read More

There’s no jobs report today. So here’s what we know about the US labor market

On this particular Friday, at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to release the September jobs report. Instead, the agency behind the market-moving release — data that has ... Read More

Without a new jobs report, U.S. ‘flying blind’ on hiring in an uncertain economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around ... Read More

The federal shutdown will cut off vital economic data, including Friday's jobs report

The government shutdown will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy WASHINGTON — ... Read More

The Case of the Disappearing Jobs Report

One of the first casualties of the federal government shutdown was a much-anticipated jobs report that should have been released on October 3. There were numerous news stories conveying the message ... Read More

It's a Jobs Friday Without Jobs Data: Where to Look for Alternatives

The September jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, originally slated for this morning, will likely be delayed due to the government shutdown which enters a third day. A slew of alternative ... Read More