New Poll Shows Americans Worried About Job Market, Affordability

Liz Pancotti, managing director for policy and advocacy at the Groundwork Collaborative, says that she would not trust that the American people are getting a tariff dividend from the Trump administration as more Americans voice concern about the job market and their ability to afford everyday life.

The October jobs and consumer price index reports are unlikely to be released due to the government shutdown, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday.

“The Democrats may have permanently damaged the federal statistical system with October CPI and jobs reports likely never being released,” Leavitt told reporters at a news briefing.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics and other key statistical agencies stopped producing and publishing economic data during the government shutdown. While economists say some statistics can be retroactively collected and disseminated, there’s a risk that others will be skipped entirely. Economists have flagged the CPI and unemployment rate for October as those most likely at risk of not coming out due to how the data underpinning them are collected.

The BLS has not released an updated schedule for which indicators will be released and when. It’s possible the agency will choose to combine two months’ worth of data for a particular statistic into a singular release to get back on track.

BLS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The House is poised to pass the Senate-approved legislation to reopen the government, possibly by late Wednesday.

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