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US government shutdown could distort jobs report

By Christopher Rugaber
Published November 8, 2013 12:15pm ET
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US government shutdown could distort jobs report
FILE -In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, job applicants arrives for an internship job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. The government issues the October jobs report, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, which had been delayed a week because of the government shutdown. ( AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) | Lynne Sladky

WASHINGTON (AP) — The big question ahead of Friday’s release of the October employment report: How much did the 16-day partial government shutdown affect hiring last month?

The shutdown may have caused the unemployment rate to spike and hiring to slow. If so, economists expect those trends will be mostly reversed in November.

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