The federal government plans to release a shutdown-delayed estimate for third quarter economic growth just before Christmas.
The Commerce Department said Monday it will publish its initial estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product on Dec. 23, nearly two months after a first look at the data was initially scheduled. Government statistical agencies are broadly playing catch-up after the shutdown ran from Oct. 1 into mid-November, delaying a bevy of reports economists and policymakers rely on to measure the health of the economy.
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