US EditionHassett: 'We Will Never Know What the Unemployment Rate Was in October'
The October employment report will include payroll data but omit the unemployment rate due to halted household survey during the 43-day government shutdown, officials said.
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White House Economist Says October Jobs Data Might Never Be Known Due to Shutdown
A White House economic adviser confirmed Thursday that federal officials won’t be able to determine what the unemployment rate was for last month due to the government shutdown that ended on Wednesday. “The October employment report for the payroll side will be able to be calculated, but the household survey wasn’t completed,” National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett told reporters outside the White House. Instead, there will be a “half a jo…
The White House Economic Advisor said on Thursday that a formal employment report in October in the United States should eventually be published, but that it would not give the unemployment rate.
Trump advisor says October jobs report to skip unemployment rate
The United States will never know its unemployment rate in October 2025 due to government shutdown hitting data collection, according to the top economic advisor of the Donald Trump administration on Thursday.
Top Trump aide: White House 'could concoct something' on missing unemployment rate
Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, said Thursday that due to the government shutdown, October's federal jobs report may never come out, but he can "concoct something" on it, reports Mediaite.Data collection for the report was halted during the shutdown, making it difficult or impossible to accurately gather retroactively.President Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on August 1, af…
Hassett: 'We will never know what the unemployment rate was in October'
A top White House economic adviser said Thursday that the government will be unable to determine what the unemployment rate was in October due to the shutdown. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told reporters that the government was not able to complete the household surveys used to determine unemployment data. “The October employment report...
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