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

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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