The White House is blaming Democrats as it highlights how the government shutdown will delay the release of “critical” economic data, which senior officials argue will hamper the private sector’s “decision-making” to end the year.

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, furloughed amid the shutdown fight on Capitol Hill, did not publish the September jobs report as scheduled on Friday at 8:30 a.m., marking one of the biggest economic repercussions of the shutdown as analysts remain laser-focused on any data that could provide further insight into a softening labor market.

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