shutdown

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The movement, which originated with a shutdown on the Tehran bazaar on December 28 after the rial plunged to record lows, has spread nationwide and is now being marked by larger scale demonstrations.

From Barron's

A Commerce Department agency laid out further plans to catch up on publishing economic data that was delayed by the fall’s government shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal

A similar lack of reserves prevented the shutdown of troubled savings-and-loan associations in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pivotal U.S. jobs report for December is supposed to be the first normal one since the government shutdown, but it could prove devilishly hard for investors to parse.

From MarketWatch

The delayed report is part of the Census Bureau’s effort to catch up on stats that were postponed by the government shutdown last year.

From The Wall Street Journal