With the prolonged government shutdown, there has been something of a data drought. Reports on inflation, retail sales, employment numbers, and more were all delayed indefinitely as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among other government departments, sat idle.

Finally, though, with the end of the shutdown, the September jobs report will be out on Thursday, more than six weeks after the scheduled October 3 release.

Heather Long is the chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. She joined “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal to talk about what we might see in that delayed report and what that delay has meant.

Click the audio player above to hear the conversation.