The Bureau of Labor Statistics gets back to work. Plus: Secret subscriber numbers, long-term investing, and solar power projects.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics usually collects data in real time. So it may not be able to capture October prices or jobs data that was missed during the shutdown.
“It's all about hypotheses as opposed to certainties,” said Kirsty Gibson, an investment manager at Baillie Gifford & Co.
Some states are helping them along, but projects in progress are all competing for the same scarce labor and resources.
At one point, it was advantageous for some streamers to share a running tally of subscriber growth. Not so anymore.
As the circulation of the penny falls, businesses are rounding bills or asking customers without exact change to use credit cards.