No U.S. jobs report Friday

The U.S. government shutdown has another casualty: the September 2013 jobs report.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a terse statement today saying, “Due to the lapse in funding, the Employment Situation release which provides data on employment during the month of September, compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, will not be issued as scheduled on Friday, October 4, 2013.”

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The statement goes on to say there is no alternative release date.

Earlier today, the department released U.S. unemployment claims numbers. They’ve held steady, but weekly applications could increase next week because of the partial government shutdown.

Read: U.S. unemployment claims up

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