Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economics

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

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While a stop-gap funding deal is in place, the government still has some work to do to fill in its backlog of missing economic data.

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Inflation & Prices

Bummed Consumers Predict Shrinking Labor Market, Spiking Inflation

Whatever they say, consumers’ actual spending has remained rock solid, even if sentiment is yet to return to prepandemic levels.

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Markets

Wall Street Braces for Government Shutdown Chaos

Fitting for 2025, a government shutdown is all but guaranteed to deliver even more uncertainty into the macroeconomic mix.

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ETF Upside

Should Asset Managers Trust Future BLS Data?

Following revised jobs reports data, Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. His successor choice at the BLS may raise red flags.

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