During the shutdown everyone has been forced to seek sources to take the place of the US government missing economic data reports and the problem will continue briefly as the White House stated today (Wednesday 12 November) that October labor data may never be released and the Department of Labor is being urged to prioritize November data.
There are a variety of sources for alternative estimates and information and here are a few of them:
for labor market indicators Guy's Substack
for economic takes on published pieces from variety of sources providing an alternative critical analysis there is Beat the Press
for some proprietary economic indicators there is Carlyle
for a variety of very professional economic data with a variety of technical graphs there is Econbrowser
for national and international economic information there is S&P Global
Jared's Substack provides professional economic analysis and political economy
the Federal Reserve Beige Report is a useful source of anecdotal economic information from the different Federal Reserve districts
The Bonddad Blog provides economic analysis from a market perspective
there are several Federal Reserve blogs at different Federal Reserve Districts like Liberty Street Economics, On the Economy Blog, and Macroblog providing economic and macro monetary as well as banking and liquidity information
CalculatedRisk is a valuable source of economic information and housing information
for longer professional economic information and analysis there is the excellent Paul Krugman's Substack
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