Washington, Nov 19, 2025 (AFP) - US government to skip October jobs report due to shutdown

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2025-11-19

The US government said Wednesday that it would cancel the full release of a report on October's employment situation, skipping a key indicator that the central bank considers in adjusting interest rates. This is because some survey data -- which was not collected during a lengthy government shutdown -- cannot be retroactively gathered, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The figures in question are about the unemployment rate. But other availabl......

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