Data interruption comes at a particularly uncertain time as policymakers need more data now than less.

While the U.S. government will be put to sleep when September ends, investors, hopefully, had their eyes peeled during the month.

While the U.S. government has been put to sleep at the end of September, investors, hopefully, had their eyes peeled during the month.

The partial government shutdown may leave the Fed without its usual snapshot of the labor market at a critical moment.

The data points fill in some gaps on information that usually comes from the Labor Department but are delayed because of the shutdown.

Earlier this month, Jerome Powell stressed how crucial each month is: “We're in a meeting-by-meeting situation, and we’re going to be looking at the data."

The government shutdown delayed the jobs report and may postpone other key economic data. Here is what economists are looking at instead.

Data interruption comes at a particularly uncertain time as policymakers need more data now than less.