Solid jobs report expected for January despite shutdown
“The January jobs report is due out on Friday, and the longest government shutdown in history has left experts guessing what the numbers will look like. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said this week that the 800,000 federal workers that were furloughed or asked to work without pay through January 25 will count as employed in the establishment survey, which generates the headline payrolls number. The 380,000 employees who were furloughed — those who didn’t work and weren’t paid during the shutdown — will be counted as unemployed in the household survey, which is used to calculate the unemployment rate.”