Data on the U.S. unemployment rate for October may never be available after the weeks-long federal government shutdown, White House economic Adviser Kevin Hassett said as federal workers returned to work. The household survey wasn't conducted in October, so we're going to get half the employment report. We'll get the jobs part, but we won't get the unemployment rate. And that'll just be for one month. We probably will never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October.

a slate of big-budget films, including a new Avatar picture, will weigh on results for the first quarter of its new fiscal year. Revenue for the fourth quarter was a little changed at $22.5 billion, falling below the $22.8 billion average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Earnings came to $1.11 a share in the period ended Sept. 27, excluding some items, beating estimates of $1.07. Avoid (DIS).

the same as September, maybe, according to private sources. We’ll never know for sure since the government didn’t collect the data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will need some time to measure inflation after the latest, record-breaking lapse in federal funding.

battery power systems in the U.S. for fire and burn hazards after receiving 22 reports of overheating. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall covers systems that may fail and overheat, raising the risk of serious injury or death. The $7,500 Powerwall 2 is a residential energy-storage unit that integrates with solar-panel systems, storing electricity for self-consumption, shifting usage to lower-cost periods, and providing backup in grid outages.

That’s because of a headlong rush out of Bitcoin into stablecoins, the new hot thing. Markets are stabilizing… as liquidity cautiously rebuilds across digital and traditional assets, Iliya Kalchev. Across markets, risk appetite is returning—but measuredly so. Avoid (MSTR).