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No CPI, No Jobs Report: The Shutdown Just Killed October’s Economic Data — How to Run Your Money Without It

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October was supposed to be a data-rich month: a CPI print, a jobs report, and a Fed meeting with fresh numbers on the table. Instead, the federal shutdown that began on October 1 has knocked the country’s economic dashboard offline — and this week the White House warned that the October jobs report and the …

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Jobless Claims Day: What 199,000 Filings Tell You About Your Job Security — and the Money Moves to Make Now

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Every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, the Labor Department publishes a number most people never look at — and it may be the most honest snapshot of the American job market you can get. Initial jobless claims land this morning for the week that ended October 17, and Wall Street will scan the figure in …

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