<p>FED LOST ACCESS TO PRIVATE JOBS DATA AHEAD OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN <p></p>Federal Reserve officials, already cut off from U.S. economic stats due to the government shutdown, no longer receive employment data from ADP. The dataset, covering 20% of private workers and usually available with a one-week delay, had been a key gauge of the job market. ADP stopped sharing the data after Fed governor Christopher Waller’s August speech highlighted the Fed’s use of the weekly payroll information.</p>