Government Shutdown Impact - A vote on the stop-gap measure was expected today but will now likely occur on Friday due to the Jewish holiday [1][2] - The delay means job numbers will not be available on Friday morning [2] - September job numbers are set and will be released once the government reopens [3] - A prolonged shutdown will impact the collection of data on jobs, CPI (Consumer Price Index), and PPI (Producer Price Index) [3] - Inaccurate data due to the shutdown will affect the Fed, economists, and those analyzing the economy [3]

comes as President Trump is now touting new job numbers just days after firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics claiming without any evidence. The figures the agency released last week were rigged yesterday. He displayed new numbers found by an economist at the Conservative Heritage Foundation.The numbers are based on unpublished data from the Census Bureau, making it difficult to verify independently. I was telling the president that he did the right thing in calling for a new head of the Bureau ...