Can the Fed Get Missing Economic Data in Time for Rate-Cut Decision?

Can the Fed Get Missing Economic Data in Time for Rate-Cut Decision?

What do airline pilots have in common with Federal Reserve policymakers? Both risk flying blind because of the government shutdown.  While a stopgap funding deal is officially in place and will likely be signed, sealed, and delivered by the end of the week, the government still has some work to do to fill in its backlog of missing economic data from September and October that would have been published already were it not for the longest shutdown…

‘Cloudy Weather’: Hassett Says Some Economic Data Was Never Collected During Shutdown

Evan Vucci/APSome essential U.S. economic data used to calculate job growth, GDP, inflation and other critical information used by policymakers may never be released because of the extended government shutdown, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Tuesday."I've been told that some of the surveys were never actually completed, so we'll perhaps never even know what happened in that month," Hassett said in an interview …

The shutdown put jobs and inflation data on hold. Here's when it could be back — and what it might say

Economic data releases — payroll and jobs reports, CPI and PPI — have lagged during the government shutdown and likely will take some time to get rolling again.

Embargo on economic data will lift when the shutdown ends

The Bureau of Labor Statistics hasn’t been able to publish either the September or October jobs reports during the government shutdown

Possible US shutdown end brings investor relief, fresh data focus – PR informa

With an end to the U.S. government shutdown potentially on the horizon, investors who feared more economic fallout breathed easier and turned to an expected flood of delayed data to shed more light on growth and the likely path for interest rates. Markets on Monday welcomed the prospect of a federal reopening. Stocks are recouping some of their losses from last week, following news late on Sunday that the U.S. Senate reached a compromise and mov…