Economist 'unsettled' by lack of an official jobs report amid Trump's shutdown

For the first time since the long government shutdown in 2013, there is no jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is alarming some experts.

Last week, the BLS posted a 73-page "contingency plan" revealing how it would operate if the government shut down on October 1. Therefore, any release of economic data showing the impact of the shutdown will be missing until the workers return, CBS News reported.

Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, called it "unsettling."

"The economy is about people. And a lot of people are struggling in this 'frozen' job market with almost no hiring. Is it stabilizing or getting worse? Today's data would have shed important light on that," said Long on X.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) thinks that the White House intentionally withheld the jobs report because they know it's bad.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) similarly called on the White House to release the data. "Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files."

"Trump Labor Department officials know what the jobs report shows. They would have released the jobs report if it was good," wrote Lieu on X.

Phil Rosen, co-founder of Opening Bell Daily, wrote on X that the BLS report isn't necessary "to tell us the labor market is in trouble. Record high Google Search trends for 'second job,' 'new job,' 'job security,' 'part time.'" He noted that the searches are higher now than they were during the crash in 2008.

"The monthly jobs report didn't come out today because of the shutdown. It’s one of the clearest indicators of our economy’s health. THAT's the hidden reason Trump won’t reopen the government: To hide data that might show his tariffs are wrecking the country," Dan Koh, former chief of staff at the Labor Department, said on his podcast, "The People's Cabinet."

The only available information is the report from the ADP Employment Report, released on Thursday. It isn't good, as CNBC reported on the data.

CNBC's Sara Eisen, who co-anchors "Money Movers" and "Squawk on the Street," reported it was "very disappointing" and "a weak number."

The August job creation was revised from +54,000 to -3,000. The September job creation was revised from 11,000 to -32,000, the data said.

The liberal group, American Bridge, pointed out that even Fox Business couldn't spin the "worse than expected" report from the ADP this week.