Another Disappointing Friday for Labor Economists
The nation’s crystal-ball gazers are looking to private sources for jobs data.
UPS and more than a dozen other companies have announced thousands of layoffs, but some jobs data remains positive.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/BloombergWith the shutdown standoff in Washington now in its sixth week, there will be no federal jobs report tomorrow. Bloomberg News’ Julia Fanzeres tells us how economists are coping with the data vacuum. Plus: The UAE is working to sequence every citizen’s DNA.
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