Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics called back some furloughed employees to work on a key inflation report called the Consumer Price Index, or CPI for short. And that's great. But you want to know what's not so great? The Trump administration still refuses to release the September jobs data, even though that report was already finished and ready to go. Jobs data tells us how many Americans are working, where the economy is moving, and how families are faring in the labor market. And Trump's team is just sitting on it. (00:22–00:32)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Trump administration is withholding the completed September jobs data.
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