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US ‘flying blind’ at critical moment for economy, experts warn, with no jobs data amid shutdown

The Guardian
“Without today’s jobs report and next week’s scheduled inflation release … the Federal Reserve, US treasury, financial markets, businesses and households will be flying blind,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, analyzing the absence of today’s jobs report.
US ‘flying blind’ at critical moment for economy, experts warn, with no jobs data amid shutdown

Shutdown delays jobs report, obscuring potential economic problems

The Washington Post
“It’s a bad time to be missing data,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, about the absence of today’s jobs report from the bureau, due to the federal government shutdown.
Shutdown delays jobs report, obscuring potential economic problems

The status of U.S. labor market data amid the government shutdown

Washington Center for Equitable Growth
This article includes information from a paper written by Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, about who uses the bureau’s statistics and for what purpose.
The status of U.S. labor market data amid the government shutdown