Yes, there will be no Employment Report. Since this means that policymakers are flying blind on labour market tightness, it raises the bar for the "Octaper". Dectaper?
I like this article by Stan Collender. In it, he argues that this "shutdown" is a much bigger deal than the smaller "shutdowns" that happened pre-1995.
(I will return with a regular post tonight.)
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