WH May Withhold October Jobs, Inflation Data

The Trump administration may not release federal jobs and inflation reports for October because of the government shutdown, the White House said Wednesday.

In a press briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Bureau of Labor Statistics may be unable to release the reports after the shutdown “permanently impaired” economic data collected in nationwide surveys during that time.

The bureau had been set to issue the latest Consumer Price Index report on Thursday.

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