US Labor Market Stagnation Deepens Amid Hiring Slowdown and Data Gaps
TL;DR
The U.S. Labor Department withheld September employment data due to a government shutdown, leaving economists and policymakers without crucial information on wage growth, unemployment, and job creation, which increases economic uncertainty.
- Jobs Report Withheld by Shutdown Leaves Economists Guessing The New York Times
- Millions of Workers Are Left Out of the ‘Low-Hire, Low-Fire’ US Job Market Bloomberg.com
- As hiring slows, more Americans are job hunting for months: "It's going to take a small miracle" CBS News
- There may not be a jobs report at all this week — so economists are homing in on this data instead CNN
- Moderate US job openings, weak hiring underscore labor market stagnation Reuters
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