While the shutdown is delaying the release of key economic reports like the monthly jobs data and jobless claims, others are still available and informing markets' decision-making. MarketWatch's U.S.

In sizing up how the government shutdown is hurting the economy, independent economist Ethan Harris says it's "a small addition to several bigger and building policy shocks, including the trade war, ...

Fewer women are now in the workforce as compared to January 2025, and, for those that remain, the wage gap has widened for two years in a row. A troubling trend may foreshadow an approaching economic ...

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