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Figuring out the numbers without the numbers

Trying to figure out economic data without official government statistics.

The government shutdown means no official economic data. But economist Chris Low tells Marketplace Morning Report Host David Brancaccio what we do know about back-to-school retail sales without the government’s official report for September, or sales numbers from the nation’s largest retailer, Walmart.

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