The U.S. government shutdown makes it highly likely that this Friday's non-farm payroll report will be "difficult to produce."

ChainCatcher news, due to the failure of the Democratic and Republican parties to reach an agreement on a short-term spending plan, the U.S. federal government officially shut down at 12:01 AM Eastern Time on Wednesday. As government data department personnel are on strike, the non-farm payroll report for September, originally scheduled for release this Friday, is unlikely to be published on time, causing economists and investors to lose this important reference indicator.