Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has demanded that the Trump administration release the September jobs report on schedule this Friday, warning that withholding it during the government shutdown would leave the Federal Reserve and markets without vital economic data.
Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, argued that the monthly employment survey compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is already complete. Former BLS officials have told her office the September figures have been collected and processed. In a letter to acting BLS Commissioner William Wiatrowski and budget director Russell Vought, she urged that "the jobs data scheduled to come out this Friday has undoubtedly been collected and the President must release it."
