US private sector job growth misses Jan. expectations
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The partial government shutdown that began over the weekend will delay the release of the January jobs report slated for release on Friday.
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Republican leaders in Congress have expressed confidence that the shutdown will end quickly, perhaps as early as Tuesday. But that would still leave little time for agency employees to finish processing and checking the job data in time for the scheduled Friday morning release — a process that is a scramble even during normal times.
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