Inside Economists’ Search for Meaning During the Government Shutdown

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 12, 2025-Rachel Louise Ensign
Economists have long planned their professional and personal lives around the regular morning government data releases that occur throughout a typical month. Though private-sector economists have continued to be paid as usual, unlike the federal workers who missed paychecks, they say it’s been hard to decipher the direction of the economy.
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