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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul Wiseman

Labor Department won't release full October jobs report, a casualty of the 43-day federal shutdown

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The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldn't calculate the unemployment rate and some other key numbers.

Instead, it will release some of the October jobs data — most importantly the number of jobs that employers created last month — along with the full November jobs report, now due a couple of weeks late on Dec. 16.

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