The experts call it a "data fog," or even "flying blind." The government shutdown has shuttered monthly leading economic indicators. Markets, economists, and even the Federal Reserve are now turning to private sources of data to determine the state of the economy. Here’s what has closed since the shutdown began Oct. 1: The Bureau of Labor Statistics The Census Bureau The Bureau of Economic Analysis The longer the shutdown lasts, the more data could be corrupted. State and private sources are fi ...

ADP had been showing an average of 45,000 new private-sector jobs a month. ...