A slew of economic data is set to be released now that the government shutdown has ended. However, it’s not as simple as plugging reports into new dates, since several releases are reliant on data from other reports. Nathan Howard/REUTERS/REUTERS

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory of the nation’s economy.

Data nerds (and government officials, and Federal Reserve policymakers , and business owners, and, well, everyone else for that matter ), rejoice!

Starting next week, the backlog of federal data will start flowing, and the long-awaited September jobs report (originally due out October 3) will publish Thursda

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