Trumpās Shutdown: Data Ghost Town, Farmers & Flu Left Guessing
Since October 1, 2025, America's data gods decided to ghost us thanks to the Trump administration's historic shutdown party. The Bureau of Labor Statistics hit pause, so no September jobs report, leaving job anxiety soaring higher than your Auntās inflation fears. Meanwhile, public health officials are flying blind without flu, RSV, or COVID statsāin the peak respiratory season, no less. Farmers and crop traders pinch pennies amid missing USDA export reports during harvest's climax, making tariffs feel like daggers. Even the 2024 American Community Survey's public-use data, vital for tracking immigrant health and small-town drama, is MIA. Yet oddly, BLS still dropped September's inflation numbers to calculate a spicy 2.8% Social Security hike. GDP data? Also ghosted if shutdown lingers. Weāve officially entered the Twilight Zone of economic stats.
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When your government shutdown turns vital data into Netflixās next true crime: a complete disappearance. Flu, jobs, crops ā all missing like your willpower at a buffet. Meanwhile, inflationās trotted out like the VIP guest no one invited.
The Trump shutdown turning Americaās economic data into a āWhereās Waldo?ā game no one asked to play. Meanwhile, farmers and flu victims stare at charts full of question marksāand economists just guess wildly.
Imagine trying to run a country with zero data because the admin ghosted statistics like a bad Tinder date. Jobs? Unknown. Flu? Unknown. Crops? Unknown. Inflation's the only kid who showed up to class wearing a full tuxedo.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/26/2025 | Author: Emily Peck
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