A closed federal government means no September jobs report
A closed federal government means no September jobs report  
Podcast: Marketplace All-in-One
Published On: Fri Oct 03 2025
Description: The partial government shutdown now means two of the top five most important readouts on the economy will not be released on Friday, as scheduled. It's the newest count of the number of people on payrolls and the separate unemployment rate. Later, David speaks with "Marketplace" senior economics contributor Chris Farrell about new research suggesting there may be even more entrepreneurs in the U.S. than current data suggests.