It’s Jobs Friday, But Without the Data

又是就业周五,却无数据相伴。

WSJ What’s News

2025-10-03

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A.M. Edition for Oct. 3. The government shutdown means the Bureau of Labor Statistics isn’t issuing its monthly jobs report, but WSJ’s Justin Lahart explains how alternative statistics from private firms are helping to fill the gap. Plus, Vladimir Putin scoffs at claims that Russia is behind drone incursions, as new sightings cancel flights overnight. And, Taylor Swift’s latest album shatters download records. Kate Bullivant hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The White House is increasingly worried about political backlash over health care cuts.

  • Plus, the government's shutdown means its jobs Friday, but without the monthly employment data.

  • It sends people looking toward alternative data sources, which You know,

  • people are always looking at, but now it's really come front and center.

  • And Putin scoffs it claims that Russia is behind drone incursions,

  • as news sightings cancel flights overnight.

  • It's Friday, October 3rd.

  • I'm Kate Bulavant for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

  • It's the third day of the government shutdown, and on the surface,

  • President Trump is showing confidence that he's winning the messaging war over Democrats.

  • Both sides yesterday continued the finger-pointing,

  • while signalling that they were keen to find a way out of the current impasse to end the shutdown.

  • Here's House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

  • here and get to work and open the country up for the people.

  • Let's find a bipartisan path forward and let's address the Republican healthcare crisis.

  • However, despite the public bravado,

  • Republicans are becoming increasingly concerned that their party will be blamed

  • for allowing health care subsidies to expire,

  • increasing costs for millions of Americans.