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Fortune
Jason Ma

The job market is weak and getting weaker, top economist says, while Trump looks to the future

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The lack of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics hasn’t kept Wall Street completely in the dark on what’s happening in the job market, as private sources indicate a worsening picture, according to Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.

The government shutdown prevented BLS from issuing its jobs report for September on Friday, putting outsize focus on alternate gauges.

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