As likely as it looks that the shutdown will end before the end of the week, it will still be some time before the BLS resumes its scheduled data release dates. And even then, it remains an open question as to what the reports will look like given the interruption in data collection, continued declines in survey response rates, potential staff losses during the shutdown, and rising politicization across all Federal agencies, especially those publishing data and information.

With that in mind, we are going to start regularly publishing our weekly job market data for the U.S. here. As background