White House admits key economic data may never be released and blames the shutdown Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt warns October CPI and jobs reports might not be published The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025
Trump Admin's Decision Not To Release CPI, Jobs Report Will 'Fuel Conspiracy Theories,' Warns Economist Mohamed El-Erian Economist Mohamed El-Erian is raising concerns regarding the Trump administration’s decision not to publish the October Consumer Price Index and U.S. jobs report, arguing that the move is likely to spark public suspicion, with markets and policymakers already flying blind. Benzinga · Nov 13, 2025
Elizabeth Warren Says Fed Is 'Flying Blind' On Interest Rate Decision: 'Families Deserve The Facts About The Economy, Not More Lies From Trump' Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed President Donald Trump’s administration for withholding key economic data as the Federal Reserve makes key interest rate decisions. Benzinga · Oct 30, 2025
Report Shows Hiring Nearly Stopped As Shutdown Silences Official Job Numbers The latest jobs data, sourced from the Carlyle Group‘s proprietary reporting, shows hiring nearly ground to a halt in September — recording the weakest jobs report since the immediate aftermath of the 2020 recession. Benzinga · Oct 7, 2025
5 Stocks In The Spotlight Last Week: Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Weigh In U.S. stocks settled mostly higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points during the session as investors shrugged off government shutdown concerns and a missing jobs report. Benzinga · Oct 6, 2025
Government Shutdown, OpenAI Conference and Other Can't Miss Items this Week Markets face a week of critical catalysts including the ongoing US government shutdown impacting federal operations, Tesla's (TSLA) Full Self-Driving v14 release Monday, OpenAI's developer conference showcasing AI advancement, and Friday's September jobs report. Barchart · Oct 5, 2025
Wall Street Hits Record Highs As Rate Cut Bets Offset Shutdown: This Week In Markets Wall Street soared to fresh record highs at the end of the week, brushing aside the 21st U.S. government shutdown in history and a missing jobs report, as investors doubled down on bets for interest rate cuts and cheered strong gains in pharmaceutical and AI-driven tech stocks. Benzinga · Oct 3, 2025
Dow Adds 238 Points as UNH, CAT Pop: Stock Market Today The lack of a September jobs report didn't seem to worry market participants, with the data delayed due to the ongoing government shutdown. Kiplinger · Oct 3, 2025
Hiring data suggests an unusual economic dynamic at play In the absence of a jobs report, the ADP report was this week's headliner. Axios · Oct 3, 2025
US ‘flying blind’ at critical moment for economy, experts warn, with no jobs data amid shutdown Data was collected for closely-watched jobs report before shutdown, but Trump officials so far defy calls to publish it The Guardian - US · Oct 3, 2025
US Delays Key Jobs Report Due To Government Shutdown The United States suspended the publication of a key employment report Friday as a partial government shutdown entered its third day, casting a fog over the health of the world's biggest economy. International Business Times · Oct 3, 2025
BLS Data Halts, But Chicago Fed Sees Steady 4.34% Unemployment: Private Sources Flag 'Low Fire, Low Hire' Holiday Risk As the U.S. government shutdown suspends Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data releases, including the critical September jobs report scheduled for Friday, the Chicago Fed has stepped in with a final real-time forecast, predicting a steady unemployment rate of 4.34% for September 2025, based on 11 job market indicators. Benzinga · Oct 3, 2025
Elizabeth Warren Demands Trump Release September Jobs Report, Accuses President Of Keeping Public In The Dark On Economy: 'The Fed Is Flying Blind' Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) accused President Donald Trump of deliberately withholding the September jobs report by using the U.S. government shutdown as cover for doing so. Benzinga · Oct 3, 2025
Elizabeth Warren Presses Trump To Release Jobs Report Despite Shutdown Warren's push comes despite a contingency plan from the Labor Department making clear that BLS would suspend both data collection and publication during a funding lapse. International Business Times · Oct 2, 2025
Kiplinger · Oct 1, 2025 Government Shutdown to Delay Data, Including Key Jobs Report While government shutdowns typically don't impact stock returns, they can delay the release of key economic data – including the monthly jobs report.
Fortune · Sep 28, 2025 A government shutdown would delay the jobs report at a critical time as the Fed weighs more rate cuts amid mixed economic signals The September jobs report is expected to show a payroll gain of 45,000, up from 22,000 in the prior month, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.3%.
Barchart · Sep 28, 2025 Government Shutdown, Job Report and Other Key Things to Watch this Week Markets enter a potentially volatile week as Washington faces the looming threat of a government shutdown amid Congressional budget negotiations, while investors await Friday's September jobs report.
MarketBeat · Sep 27, 2025 MarketBeat Week in Review – 09/22 - 09/26 Stocks rallied to end the week on in-line inflation news; the Federal Reserve may focus on the upcoming Jobs report, but investors should focus on earnings
Kiplinger · Sep 17, 2025 Mortgage Rates Dip to Year-Low as Jobs Data Disappoints With August job growth falling short of expectations, markets drive 30-year mortgage interest rates down, opening refinance and homebuying opportunities.
Benzinga · Sep 10, 2025 Trump Approval Rating Falls To 2025 Lows After Jobs Report: View On President's Economy Hits Record Lows Voter confidence in President Donald Trump dropped after the latest jobs report, as a slowing labor market comes amid record highs for the stock market.
Barchart · Sep 10, 2025 Why Is the U.S. Labor Market Weakening? The government’s latest jobs report paints a bleak picture of the U.S. labor market. Unemployment is rising fast, while payroll and wage growth have slowed to a crawl. Believe it or not, this rapid decline has been a long time coming.
Benzinga · Sep 9, 2025 Options Corner: Wells Fargo's Jobs Report Digestion Offers A Potential Opportunity For Bullish Speculators It's an alarming statistic. Essentially, the U.S. government declared that it overstated job growth by 911,000 in the year through March 2025. Subsequently, this disclosure raises anxieties over the labor market's longer-term stability. As such, major financial institutions — including big bank Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) — has been encountering choppy…
The Guardian - US · Sep 9, 2025 US created 911,000 fewer jobs through March 2025 than initially reported Revision highlights recent concerns about the health of the labor market, and follows a lackluster August jobs report
Reason · Sep 8, 2025 MAGA Is Wrong About AI. Trump Is Right. Plus: a weak jobs report and Trump’s economic record, New College of Florida weighing privatization after its clash with DeSantis, and the DOJ pushes to block transgender Americans from gun ownership
Barchart · Sep 8, 2025 What Does a Lousy August Jobs Report Have to Do with a September Fed Rate Cut? America’s latest employment figures paint a bleak picture of the U.S. jobs market. The silver lining: Weak job growth and cooling wages mean that a decrease in borrowing rates is now almost certainly on the horizon.