Partisan standoff threatens crucial economic data, leaving Fed — and families — in the dark

The Labor Department plans to suspend all Bureau of Labor Statistics operations during a potential government shutdown, ...

Government shutdown may delay key economic data the Fed relies on

The partial government shutdown may leave the Fed without its usual snapshot of the labor market at a critical moment.

Fed's Goolsbee says central bank has other data options if shutdown disrupts economic reports

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee warns that a potential government shutdown could have a significant effect ...