Does the central bank have enough data to go off of?
Does the central bank have enough data to go off of?  
Podcast: Marketplace All-in-One
Published On: Tue Oct 28 2025
Description: The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee starts a two-day meeting on interest rates today. Most of the government data the Fed usually considers when voting on rates isn’t available because of the shutdown. We did get a tardy consumer price index report last Friday, though, and the Fed also produces some data itself. But can that paint a clear enough economic picture? Also: why workplace insurance premiums are likely to climb.