White House: Public will ‘likely never’ see recent economic data, despite shutdown’s end

Previous Post Latest Post

Trump economic message fails to resonate amid affordability crisis 08:02

White House: Public will ‘likely never’ see recent economic data, despite shutdown’s end How bad was the job market in the late summer and early fall? According to the White House, we'll never know — because the data is being kept under wraps.

Nov. 13, 2025, 9:00 AM EST

By Steve Benen

Under normal circumstances, on the first Friday of the month, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics releases closely watched employment reports that are scrutinized by observers around the world. Lately, however, the circumstances have been anything but normal.

The recent government shutdown began on Oct. 1, which meant the BLS was unable to release job totals from September the morni