The US could be losing some key economic numbers and they're pretty important.
It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.
I'm Leanna Byrne.
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Now, the US government shutdown may finally be coming to an end, but the fallout is not.
The White House says America's key economic data,
things like the monthly jobs report and inflation numbers, may never be released for October.
Here's White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt.
The Democrat shutdown made it extraordinarily difficult for economics, economists,
investors, and policymakers at the Federal Reserve to receive critical government data.
The Democrats may have permanently damaged the federal statistical system with October CPI,
and jobs reports likely never being released.
And listen, I know for most of us, these reports can feel a little abstract.
They're actually the backbone of how we understand what is happening in the economy.
So to talk about why this matters,
I'm joined by KPMG's chief economist, Diane Swank, who is in Chicago.
Diane, for an economist, was the first Friday of the month jobs day, the best day of the month.
But often wise, except recently, we've seen much worse numbers in the jobs data.
So it's been a little bit not quite as exciting as Christmas Day,