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Scheduled official data include September durable goods orders on Monday; third-quarter GDP data and weekly jobless claims Thursday; and September PCE inflation figures Friday.

The jobless rate in one of the world's fastest-growing developed economies was 10.45 percent from July to September, up from 10.29 percent in the preceding quarter, the National Statistics Institute announced.

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Economists can fill in the gaps, though, with hiring data from payroll processor ADP, jobless claims reported by the states each week and job-opening trackers by private firms such as Indeed.

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Although the Labor Department hasn’t been releasing the weekly jobless claims figures it usually reports each Thursday, the state data that informs it are available.

Weekly jobless claims and September existing home sales figures on Thursday, followed by September new home sales figures on Friday will likely be delayed if the shutdown continues.

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