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fter a 43-day government shutdown-induced delay, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is slowly returning to its regular programming.O
n Thursday, the BLS released the long-awaited September jobs data, originally scheduled to publish on Oct. 3, but stalled due to the government shutdown. While the data is nearly two months old, it still is useful for assessing the broader context of the labor market, some leading economists say.S
tep back in time. Private non-farm employers added 119,000 jobs in September, significantly beating the Dow Jones estimate of 50,000. September, based on initial estimates, marked an uptick in hiring following a sharp cooldown in