Fed Making Key Economic Decisions Without Key Economic Data

Saturday, October 25, 2025

The central bank does not have its usual jobs and unemployment figures because of the government shutdown. An errant disclosure may have robbed it of some private data, too.

Posted by retort at 02:52 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

Next week, the Fed is meeting to decide interest rates, but they'll have to do it without the most recent jobs data. The data is ready to go, but the Trump Admin is just sitting on it. What do they have to hide? Release the data.

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-- Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) Oct 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Comments

Well Jerome, no data, no change.

#1 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-10-25 05:21 PM

they'll have to do it without the most recent jobs data.

Just extrapolate the trend from the last quarter and go with that.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-25 05:38 PM

Pedo 47 is hiding his pathetic numbers.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-26 02:19 PM

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#4 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-10-26 02:36 PM

#4 | POSTED BY MSG

More memes from our geriatric boomer.