(CNN) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the Trump administration to release the September jobs report on Friday despite the ongoing government shutdown, a Senate aide told CNN on Thursday.

The monthly jobs report, compiled and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is arguably the most critical piece of US economic data released each month. Its importance is even greater now, given concerns about weakness in the job market and the rising unemployment rate.

Former BLS employees have told Warren’s office the September labor data has been collected and is likely ready to be released, the Senate Banking Committee aide said.

“Let’s be clear: the jobs data scheduled to come out this Friday has undoubtedly been collected and the President must release it,” Warren, the t

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